New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that it was performing a public duty and has to be “objective, transparent, fair and reasonable” in its functioning with “equal opportunity to all” as there are many youngsters aspiring to be like MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.

“You must bear that you are discharging public functions. You can’t say I don’t like Bihar Cricket Association or others and it is my choice to have Bihar or not. I will not associate Bihar,” said the bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla.