Beleaguered BCCI President, N Srinivasan, has finally agreed to step aside in an act of self-abnegation, provided Dr. Manmohan Singh takes over the reins of cricket administration from him. The cement baron said his ‘inner voice’ doesn’t permit him to make way for anyone else. This Sonia Gandhi type epiphany occurred to Srini when he watched the recent Bollywood dud, ‘Go, Goa, Gone’ starring Saif Ali Khan in Chennai yesterday along with Mrs. Srinivasan. “The movie was complete crap, pa,” disclosed Srini, “but something about the title made me realize that maybe I should go.”
Srini has now created a new position ‘Prime Minister of Cricket Control’ for Dr. Singh while he himself will assume the less pretentious title of ‘BCCI Chairperson’. “That’s right, pa. From a position of full power and accountability, I will go to a position of full power and zero accountability,” the soon to be former BCCI president said.
Other BCCI top dogs have welcomed the move. “Most top positions in the BCCI are manned by Chief Ministers, National Party Presidents or Union Cabinet Ministers. So it is only befitting that the soft-spoken Prime Minister also take up a BCCI post. If he can handle the BCCI the same way in which he handled 2G and coal allocation, it would be fantastic,” said a BCCI secretary cum Union Cabinet Minister. Former cricketer turned commentator, Ravi Shastri, also commended the move, saying ‘it was just what the doctor ordered’. “Manmohan is a cool customer, with tons of experience. I expect him to give cricket administration the full Monty,” opined the former Champion of Champions.
Sonia Gandhi has agreed to let the Prime Minister handle the additional responsibility provided he doesn’t miss his weekly appointment in 10, Janpath. Dr. Singh also gave his consent with a ‘theek hai’ after being appraised of his new job. The PMO has already tweeted his first though on the matter, “If we all work hard, I’m sure the GDP of cricket in India can achieve 8% growth,” while Dr. Singh immediately got down to the nitty gritties of administering cricket by commencing work on the first of many to come 5-year plans.