At 11 pm on October 6, home minister Amit Shah hosted the who’s who of the Indian cricket administration at his official residence in New Delhi. This occurred precisely one week after prime minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the National Games opening ceremony in Ahmedabad on September 29 during which he proclaimed that sports federations were no longer governed by political families under his leadership.
Accordingly, there were hopes that the conference would bring about the end of the dynastic control of BJP families in line with the prime minister’s address from a week earlier. Also on the agenda for the meeting were the appointment of the new Indian Premier League chairman and the names of officebearers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
