Largely, there were two takeaways that emerged from the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Annual General Meeting in Chennai yesterday. First, there’s absolutely no room for dissent, as Niranjan Shah and Sudhir Dabir found out. Second, those who are willing to side with the boss, through thick and thin, will be rewarded handsomely just like Ranjib Biswal and Anirudh Chaudhary.

It’s incumbent upon the BCCI to take a call on the South Africa tour as soon as possible