Newly-appointed Executive Chairman of FICA Paul Marsh speaks with Gamechanger on the issues relating to securing player payments, corruption, appointment to the ICC Cricket Committee and much more.
In 2006, the administration of women’s cricket in India was given over to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Most people viewed this change with hope that the women’s game in India would finally be taken seriously, and more money would be pumped in to improve the domestic structure as well as the pay given to women who represent India in international cricket.
The pull-out of one of the long-time supporters of Indian and international cricket should send warning signals to both the ICC and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), that while cricket still remains an attractive sporting investment, the sponsorship market has become increasingly crowded and cluttered.
Ever since as I a young boy when I went to Ferozshah Kotla to watch cricket or the RK Khanna Stadium to watch tennis, the lack of good food always puzzled me. When one is young, the magic of being able to watch one’s heroes live negates the hunger, the cold, the heat, the horrible seating etc. that a majority of the people in Indian stadiums have to deal with.
