The decision by the Mumbai Cricket Association to cancel matches of the Dr H D Kanga League due to the death of its president Vilasrao Deshmukh doesn’t gel with the sporting adage, ‘the game must go on.’

Sure, Deshmukh’s death must be mourned by the cricketing fraternity considering he was chief of the association. But cancelling matches is no way to go about serving the game’s interests. Did the authorities forget that teams could observe two-minute’s silence to remember Deshmukh? And if that was not enough, they could wear black armbands?