Letter to BS: It is high time BCCI issued a gag order on cricket players

This refers to your editorial ‘Late cuts from BCCI’ (January 16). Cricket was once a gentleman’s game, when cricketers played the game for the sheer pride of representing their countries. When a Sunil Gavaskar or a Bishen Singh Bedi spoke to the press, it was only about the game; never about their personal lives, or gossip about others.

However, times have changed. With the advent of shorter formats, the sport has become a money spinner, with glamour and glitter added in good measure. With money and fame going to the heads of cricketers at an impressionable age, it is but natural