Pawar conceded that there were inherent deficiencies in the functioning of BCCI but 'overzealousness' in reforming cricket could destroy the game.
Sharad Pawar, former president of ICC and BCCI, has told the Supreme Court that 'overzealousness' in reforming cricket could destroy the game.
According to Times of India, Pawar also said that the Committee of Administrator's draft BCCI constitution had gone much beyond the Lodha panel's recommendations.
Pawar has filed an application to Supreme Court through his lawyers. Presenting his credentials, Pawar said that he is a veteran cricket administrator and played a pivotal role in developing and shaping cricket administration in the country.
He said: "Today, the BCCI finds itself in the eye of the storm mainly because it is the richest cricket body in the world, which has further led to a perception that its working lacks transparency and previous litigation involving issues of nepotism and conflict of interest (N Srinivasan-Gurunath Meiyappan case), which acted as a build-up to the present proceedings, have further strengthened the said perception."
Pawar conceded that there were inherent deficiencies, as in any kind of administration, in the functioning of BCCI and that "some reformative steps were due to be taken to remove existing defects in the organisation to ensure transparency".
However, he said in its overzealousness to reform cricket administration, the CoA's draft BCCI constitution had "gone even beyond the scope and ambit of Lodha panel recommendations, as accepted by the SC in its July 18 last year order."
He also argued against the one-state one-vote criteria, saying: "The accepted recommendation that one state shall have only one association is certainly a violation of the right of an association member of BCCI."
Referring to Mumbai Cricket Association's rich contribution to development of the sport, Pawar said depriving MCA of voting rights would not help in infusing transparency in the functioning of the board.
Pawar stepped down as MCA president in 2016 after the SC accepted the Lodha committee's recommendation barring those above 70 years from cricket administration.
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