Dalmiya salvo at Bindra

The public has watched enough dirty linen of the country8217;s cricket board, being washed out in the open. It8217;s time for another bout of spring cleaning, out in the open, again.

A day after Inderjit Singh Bindra made that extraordinary allegation that Jagmohan Dalmiya conspired to jeopardise Sourav Ganguly8217;s career, Dalmiya hit back hard, with as extraordinary a set of arguments.

With the series versus the Lankans won, the focus shifted sharply, to more dirty linen. The war of words between the BCCI mandarins reached its peak in the last two days.

Punjab Cricket Association PCA president Bindra literally dropped a bombshell yesterday, alleging that Dalmiya had deliberately pulled strings to ensure Sourav was left out in the cold. The former BCCI president, once a Dalmiya-loyalist, had gone as far saying that Dalmiya8217;s apathy towards Sourav evolved from a deteriorating relationship with Sourav8217;s father and Chandi Das Ganguly and that Dalmiya sacrificed Sourav to gain in BCCI politics.