mhr123 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 NZ media labels Niranjan Shah a 'travelling goon' The BCCI's insistence on giving a cold shoulder to any player associated with the Indian Cricket League has infuriated the media in New Zealand [images] which has described former Board secretary Niranjan Shah as a "travelling goon" for his comments against ICL's Kiwi recruits. "India great team, shame about the Board they are representing" -- read the headline of leading local daily New Zealand Herald's write-up by Dylan Cleaver. Cleaver described Shah, here as the Indian team's administrative manager, as a "traveling goon." "It's one thing to pull two players out of a festival match in case they're contaminated by ex-ICL bacterium Hamish Marshall. "It's two things to have New Zealand Cricket general manager of cricket Geoff Allott ring ICL virus Daryl Tuffey to ask him to withdraw from a State Championship match. But it's a truly absurd thing to flex their muscles in the commentary box for fear that Ravi Shastri (IPL) and Craig McMillan [images] (ICL) might accidentally exchange bodily fluids that could eventually infect all the right-thinking people of the cricketing world," the newspaper wrote. "The BCCI's travelling goon, Niranjan Shah, managed to keep a straight face when he told TV3: 'As far as we are concerned any commentator or somebody involved with an unauthorised tournament declared by the BCCI, our people will not take part in it'." "Good grief. You can only laugh at their logic, though denying anybody the right to earn a living is ultimately not that funny," the writer added. The local media slammed the BCCI for pushing New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to disassociate itself from any player who was involved in the rebel league. At the start of the tour, BCCI had stopped Sachin Tendulkar [images] and Dinesh Karthik [images] playing in a match at Wellington, as Hamish Marshall, who had worn the Royal Bengal Tiger colours in ICL, was part of the local side. The newspaper said it was none of BCCI's "business to dictate to another board, or television network, how to run their business." Although the ICC [images] had recently brought both the the BCCI-sponsored IPL and the Essel Group-promoted ICL across the table in Johannesburg, the issue of recognising the ICL remained unresolved. Link to comment
EnterTheVoid Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 If BCCI can deny the ICL players the Oxygen they inhale, they would I supported the BCCI in their criticism of the ICL, but their recent antics have crossed the line Link to comment
Sachinism Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 well done NZ media, that guy is ridiculous Link to comment
zubinpepsi Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 nirnjan shah is an *******.... Link to comment
veer Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 yeahhh i was wondering the same.. why is he even there in team victory photographs... Link to comment
Mr. Wicket Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 They're being very nice to him I think... Link to comment
punjabi_khota Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 They started to see the funny side. Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 cant believe they stopped at travelling goon but its a start Link to comment
THX_1138 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 how can he be disposed of? i have no problems with both the ICL and the IPL coexisting... Link to comment
Mr. Wicket Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 how can he be disposed of? Concrete shoes... cyanide... TNT... done dirt cheap! Neckties... contracts... high voltage... done dirt cheap! cqLTCemBwt8 Link to comment
fineleg Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Niranjan Shah is a --- Well better left unsaid. Link to comment
Mr. Wicket Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Niranjan Shah is a --- Well better left unsaid. Not really, on this board we encourage free speech and it's all the better when it's something uncomplimentary (and usually true) about Niranjan Shah or Lalit Modi! Link to comment
THX_1138 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Concrete shoes... cyanide... TNT... done dirt cheap! Neckties... contracts... high voltage... done dirt cheap! nicely done. Link to comment
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