Thread by @SatyshivS

There are 28 sports tournaments/ trophies and 19 stadiums named after Nehru, Indira and Rajiv including highest sport award. Here is a list of cricket stadiums alone.

cricketcountry.com/criclife/groun…

QUIZ QUESTION

In which stadium did #BishanSinghBedi realize that a stadium should not be named after a politician

People please vote and do maximum RT. Let us hear from people of India

Politics aside, I want to ask a larger question. Is it ONLY players who contribute to a sport? Does the role of administrators count for nothing?

Just as a great movie require a contribution from the producer, director, actors, the same is with sports.

https://twitter.com/SatyshivS/status/1341967825137586182?s=20

Children choose a sport that has more visibility, success, role models, and of course money. People like Dalmiya, Srinivas, Lalit Modi brought a lot of money to cricket. The money that was used to build sporting infrastructure & establish cricket as a viable career option.

It is because of money in sport that today even past heroes are given a pension that is more than the money they paid in their career.
Do not forget that even our world cup captain Kapil Dev washed his stained trousers in the hotel to save laundry money.

newsbreak.com/news/149666068…

Even Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar spoke about how they maximized the salad that could fit into a single fixed price bowl.

espn.in/cricket/story/…

Today the public has become very cynical & abuses every successful person. It is possible that someone like Lalit Modi may have taken some shortcuts but can we deny his contribution to Indian Cricket?

What did the experts like @Ram_Guha appointed by Supreme Court achieve?

An old article on Jagmohan Dalmiya. Why should there not be few cricket stadiums named after him instead of Nehrus and Gandhis?

espncricinfo.com/story/the-grea…

Allegations of corruption against Jaitley have been made before also. In 2015, the Delhi government set up a three-member investigation committee after #BishanSinghBedi & Kirti Azad approached Delhi Chief Minister @ArvindKejriwal & requested for his intervention in the matter.

Even @ArvindKejriwal himself attacked #ArunJaitley repeatedly by alleging corruption in #DDCA

But what was the result. He could not prove anything in court and APOLOGISED after Jaitley lodged a defamation case on him.

Jaitely was a Supreme Court lawyer. And with his skills and influence, he could have made hundreds of crores every year in his practice. Most leading SC lawyers make that kind of money. What is the DDCA budget compared to that? Not even 10%.

Think about it.

Mr. #ArunJaitley was finance minister for 5 long years & even defense minister for some time. How easy was it to make money with these portfolios?

If he was so hungry for money, then why did he surrender his official house and other perks within one week of leaving office?

That too when a nonentity like Motilal Vohra had not one, not two, not even four but NINE Sarkari houses till 2014.

Imagine NINE houses funded by taxpayers.

And talking of #BishanSinghBedi, this article is also worth reading. I still remember how he mocked Navdeep Saini and today same Saini is an elite fast bowler for India after being helped by @GautamGambhir

indianexpress.com/article/sports…