Cricketers alone should not be blamed for all ills: Bindra

Continuing his tirade against the Cricket Board, former BCCI President I S Bindra has said that the players alone should not be blamed for bringing disrepute to the sport.
"We should not give the impression that the players are solely responsible for all malefactions and corruption in the game. I suggested that we should start the clean-up operations at the very top and the administrators should set the example by agreeing for public probity, thus standing up for ethical behaviour and higher moral standards," Bindra wrote on his blog.
Bindra said the board's top officials have no moral right to preach to cricketers when they themselves are facing charges of "conflict of interests".

"The administrators, facing serious charges of conflict of interests, have no moral right to set standards for players and ask only them to be above board. Besides, Board's working should be totally transparent.
"Its balance-sheet and constitution should be put on its Website and there should be constant interaction with the cricket-loving public and accept tangible and worthwhile suggestions from them," wrote Bindra.
He also accused the board of distorting even the minutes of Monday's working committee meeting and is particularly unhappy with the way Jagmohan Dalmiya, head of BCCI's interim set-up, tried to find fault with only the players for all the scandals in the Indian Premier League.