Former captain and batting legend Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday expressed concerns over the dilly dallying of naming the new set of administrators to run Indian cricket, saying pushing back of the hearing date further would be harmful to Indian Premier League (IPL) preparations. I think any further delay is not going to help," Gavaskar said at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet here. They were needed not just in Indian cricket but they are needed in all sports federations. As I said, the quicker we get ahead, the better it will be for Indian cricket." On one-state-one-vote issue which has been opposed by the BCCI, Gavaskar said, "I actually have no problems with how many votes a state has.

Source: India Today January 28, 2017 11:23 UTC