Former president Manohar and BCCI ruling group in war of words

Former BCCI president and eminent lawyer Shashank Manohar was today engaged in a proxy war of words with current BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel over the Tamil Nadu strongman clinging to his hot seat in the richest cricket body of the world.
Manohar, who has always had a clean image as an administrator, tore apart Srinivasan in an interview to the tabloid 'Mumbai Mirror'.
"If you had the slightest of conscience, self-esteem and care for the board, you ought to have put in your papers the moment your son-in-law was arrested. You did nothing and as a result the board's reputation has taken a hit to the extent that the people have lost faith in this board," Manohar was quoted as saying by the tabloid.

The Nagpur-based lawyer even accused Srinivasan of tarnishing the image of the BCCI which he said has been built over years, within four months.
"This board has been built over the years by very many people but its reputation has been damaged by this man (Srinivasan) in a span of four months," he was further quoted.
Although Baroda CA's Patel was not as scathing in his attack of Manohar, he did make it clear that latter's statements hasn't gone down too well.
"I would like to say nothing more except that if any ex-BCCI official, before making any remarks about their colleagues on the Board, should have considered that BCCI is running with (the help of) all the office bearers," Patel said after the marketing committee meeting in Mumbai.

"My personal view is that it is always the collective responsibility of all office bearers. One cannot absolve himself by leaving aside the others. I don't know much in detail about the issue but that is the only thing I can say," Patel said.