Hyderabad Cricket Association seeks fresh elections

HCA members appealed to the Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) to conduct fresh elections for smooth running of HCA and its affiliated tournaments.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) members filed a petition on Sunday seeking a fresh elections to the cricket body at the earliest.

A petition signed by nearly 150 secretaries of various HCA clubs was handed over to the CoA members Justice (retd) Anil R Dave and Justice (retd) G V Seethapathy at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, here.

After holding the meeting with secretaries, former Test off-spinner and HCA president Arshad Ayub said, “HCA is one of the few associations in the country to fully implement the Justice (retd) RM Lodha Committee recommendations. Since HCA has fully complied with the recommendations, the CoA should obtain permission from the Supreme Court and hold elections for the HCA as early as possible."

“With the new season set to commence in June next, a decision with regard to the appointment of selectors and various committees for the smooth conduct of the various tournaments should be done by the HCA. In view of this, we have requested the CoA members to call for elections. The CoA members responded positively to our request,” he added.

Former BCCI president N Shivlal Yadav, former India players SL Venkatapathi Raju and Noel David and various clubs secretaries including John Manoj, Naresh Sharma, R Vijayanand, Narender Goud, and Purushotham Agarwal were among the notable personalities who attended the meeting.