Cricket

Much work to do: Dalmiya

Immediately after coming to power, CAB president came straight to the point of making friends as soon as possible among the cricketing fraternity. He extended a “hand of friendship” to his detractors ruling the BCCI, saying that cricket in Bengal needed him and that is why he is back, and that the state should not suffer because of him.

“There is a lot of apprehension about CAB’s relations with BCCI, now that I am back. There are two types of issues, collective and personal. Collectively, we want to tell the board please don’t let the CAB suffer. I will extend my hand of friendship to the board,” Dalmiya told a large gathering of media persons at the Eden Gardens late on Tuesday night.

On the IPL and discontent over the distribution of tickets to the clubs, Dalmiya said: “IPL has been an amazing success. I don’t think anybody is against IPL. But we want to run it properly and systematically.”

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