The first woman to hold a "top post at India’s powerful and immensely wealthy cricket board has vowed to put the scandal-plagued body’s house in order," according to the AFP. Former India captain Diana Edulji was appointed to a four-member team tasked by India’s Supreme Court to "oversee the running" of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Edulji, who played 20 tests and 34 one-day internationals for India between '76 and '93, said, "The first step we have to take is to get the house in order. Let’s hope we can bring justice and bring BCCI back to its glorious days." She added that it was time for Indian cricket to "look ahead" after "years of turmoil." The board has been "embroiled in a series of scandals, including accusations of corruption" in the Indian Premier League and a betting scandal involving an IPL team linked to former BCCI President Narayanaswami Srinivasan. Charges of corruption and nepotism "dented the BCCI’s image in recent times, leading many activists to urge India’s top court to intervene to reform" the privately-run organization. Edulji, who joins historian Ramachandra Guha, Mumbai-based banker Vikram Limaye and former government auditor Vinod Rai on the new administrative body, said that "it was unclear how long the four would be in place." She said, "Until we get the house in order, BCCI elections are done and everything [with] the state associations. Until the orders of the Supreme Court are implemented then only we will know" (AFP, 1/31).
