HYDERABAD: Justice (retd) L Nageswara Rao’s order barring 57 clubs from participating in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Apex Council elections has changed the dynamics of the polls in the cricket body.
With the ‘bulk voters’ neutralised by the order; club secretaries feel there is a kind of level-playing field now. On Friday, 173 voters will decide the composition of the new Apex Council which will administer the HCA for the next three years. Elections will be held for six posts – president, vice-president, secretary, joint secretary, treasurer, and councillor. There are four panels in the contest but according to sources, no panel will sweep the polls. It is highly likely that the voters may choose people from the different panels. “There are good people scattered in the different panels and group loyalty is no longer a given in the elections. Therefore, we could see a mixed result in this election,” said a former HCA office-bearer.
