Malhotra blasts Lal, calls him a ‘dream merchant’

Malhotra said, ‘‘I have now been marked as a villain, a stumbling block to cricket s progress. Perhaps, I am too small a fry to ask all this. But inspite of my audacity these are valid questions.’’

‘‘A good looking face needs a healthy body. Only some of the top stars of today will not do. It has to be an association of the first class players. The previous association had more than 300 members in its rooster. But once the the problems were sorted out with the board, AIC got bored with its activities and hence lost momentum. If its the same this time then the fate will be no different,’’ he said. In his letter, Malhotra has mentioned seven points that included demanding information on the date on which the association had been registered and the registration number, since incorporation of the association, what actions Arun Lal had undertaken in fulfilment of the objectives of the association.