The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) president, Arun Jaitley, already has hazaare things on his mind. I mean he has Anna Hazare on his mind.
But the DDCA still thinks he can, aside of political responsibilities, look after the interests of the cricket body. Every problem, if it is ignored by the officials at Kotla, is taken to his spacious south Delhi bungalow. Recently, a band went with a request for a new cricket ground.
The idea is to buy about 10 acres of land and set up a stadium-cum-academy, which the current ground at Kotla cannot afford to have. There’s no space in Kotla and the MCD always has something or the other to say about construction.
Some in the DDCA had already mooted the idea of a state academy, a central one in Kotla, supported by four zonal ones. I know it looks funny that a city, even though it is now a state, wants so many academies. But then every parent wants his kid to become a Sehwag, and is so captivated by the imagination of seeing his kid walking onto the field and brandishing a willow that he gives a princely sum to a neighbouring academy, run by an ex-DDCA league player. (No offence meant and everyone has a right to earn a living and it is good to see everyone dipping his finger in the pie)
But yeah, I am damn sure this academy concept will be a hit and kids will flock to it.
And if the proposed stadium does come into existence, the DDCA will show a thenga (thumb), I mean, the middle finger, to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) which is always pestering them for the property tax dues.
Maybe then, the MCD will start getting better returns. Knowing Dilliwalas' penchant for expensive weddings in open air, many would prefer this place for their day-night affair.
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