Broadway has "Spamalot". Kolkata has the Annual General Meeting of the BCCI. Except that anyone wishing to see Indian cricket's comedy farce in action is likely to be the subject of a High Court injunction themselves.
If my local city council functioned like the BCCI, I'd expect the government to step in, sack them and appoint an administrator until fresh elections can be held.
The disgraceful story of the now-adjourned AGM should stand as an embarrassment for cricket followers not just in India, but worldwide. The dysfunctionality of the BCCI, whether caused by incompetence or by political manipulation or both, has caused untold damage to the success of the Indian national team over the years and has hampered the operations of the ICC and of other national cricketing boards. This especially applies to their chronic inability to fix tour schedules well in advance, and more recently of their inability to seal telecast rights deals, sometimes until the last minute.
I don't know if there is any legal basis for forcing the BCCI to improve its corporate governance or even to replace it by another organisation as the governing body for cricket in India. Perhaps the ICC could suspend them for "bringing the game into disrepute"?
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