In what appears to be a retaliatory move to silence its critics, the ruling group of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), according to sources, has decided to curtail financial grant to the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) and use the cash to bankroll legal expenses.


N Srinivasan (left) and Shashank Manohar. Pic/Getty Images 

Vidarbha-based former BCCI president Shashank Manohar, it can be recalled, lashed out at exiled president N Srinivasan recently by saying, "the image of the Board is tarnished by the actions and the attitude of Mr Srinivasan. The gentleman's game, as the game of cricket has long been known, and the reputation of the Board is at its lowest due to the egoistic and autocratic behaviour of one individual.