Jaitley statue at Kotla: Angry Bedi asks DDCA to remove his name from stands, quits membership
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Updated: Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 11:38 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 23: Lambasting the DDCA for deciding to install a statue of its late former President Arun Jaitley at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi has asked the body to remove his name from the spectators stand, named after him in 2017.
Lashing out at the Delhi and District Cricket Association s (DDCA) culture, which he alleged promotes nepotism and puts administrators ahead of cricketers , Bedi also renounced his membership of the body. He made the demand in a scathing letter addressed to DDCA President Rohan Jaitley, the son of the late politician, who was a minister in the BJP-led NDA government and died last year owing to multiple health issues.
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Bedi is upset at decision to install Arun Jaitely s statue at the ground
Jaitley was DDCA s president from 1999-2013; he died in 2019
Slamming the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) for deciding to install a statue of its former President Arun Jaitley at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground, spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi has asked the body to remove his name from the spectators stand, named after him in 2017. Lashing out at the DDCA culture, which he alleged promotes nepotism and puts administrators ahead of cricketers , Bedi also renounced his membership of the body. He made the demand in a scathing letter addressed to DDCA President Rohan Jaitley, the son of the late politician Arun Jaitley, who was a minister in the BJP-led NDA government and died last year owing to multiple health issues.
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Selectors age cap issue: Bedi, Azad score moral win over DDCA
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Wed, Dec 23 2020 23:21 IST |
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Bishan Bedi and Kirti Azad.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Dec 23 : Wednesday was a day to forget for the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) as it copped twin embarrassment. A day after former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi wrote to Delhi s parent cricket body to remove his name associated with the Arun Jaitley Stadium and scrap his membership, he and his former Delhi teammate Kirti Azad on Wednesday scored a moral victory over an age cap rule that denied Azad the opportunity to become a Delhi selector.