ICC Politics with Inevitable Financial ICU Outcome

ICC Politics with Inevitable Financial ICU Outcome

Padmini Arhant 

The International Cricket Council taken over as Indian Cricket Council through corruption embedded BCCI – The Board of Control for Cricket in India is a case study for ICC to inevitably land in financial ICU.

BCCI renowned for incentives viz. bribes and assortment short cuts and shady deals to buy favorable decisions is classic degenerative politics prevalent in Indian political realm leading the sport cricket, originally claimed as “the gentlemen game”, drastically transformed into Indian political status quo i.e. partisanship, horse trading and gross violations. 

ICC at BCCI’s behest flouting standard rules against Bangladesh ousting the team from the international T20 2026 tournament with decisions once approved against those citing security threat such as Britain against Zimbabwe followed by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa against their expressed destinations and,

India declined against Pakistan in Pakistan, despite the absence of any such possibilities with guaranteed security were refused by BCCI chaired by Indian politics.

All of the above teams from different regions’ requests were granted by ICC allowing them to exercise preference. 

When Bangladesh Cricket team shared similar concern on legitimate grounds about playing the international tournament T20 2026 in India, especially with,

New Delhi politics at the helm direct involvement in the assassination of Bangladesh populist youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi on Dec 11, 2025.

The cross border state terror and murder of foreign citizens in foreign land in Bangladesh is the latest in the slew of Indian politics’ terror overseas involving assassinations of foreign nationals.

Notwithstanding, the recent Balochistan war against Pakistan army resulting in 80 Pakistan armed forces casualty and 18 army personnel held in Baloch fighters custody trace New Delhi politics considering Indian political involvement in Balochistan is an open commitment.

The ICC at BCCI coercion barring Bangladesh from the sports event T20 2026 clarify Indian political corruption presiding over international board, that is expected to be fair and non-partisan maintaining general rule across the participating nations, rather than exceptions for majority while isolation and denial against political targets within sports consortium. 

The trend portends serious financial setbacks and economic liability for ICC in a sport with investments risking ICU condition under BCCI overarching political sabotage.

Indian political influence to eliminate Bangladesh from T20 2026 is not just removing the 11-12 member team, the substantial viewership in Bangladesh who are cricket fans, and the international viewership boycott of T20 2026 in solidarity with Bangladesh on the discriminatory practice against sports members and the nation would cost the sponsors and investors dearly losing audience in the much anticipated event.

When politics is dominant in social and sports events, the impact is overlooked in the myopic view of gaining political clout outweighed by loss of economic opportunity, together with severe damage to the image of the organization swayed by political expediency.

Any international organization such as ICC remaining independent without compromising ethics, principles and rules would not have to deal with reputation management bound by credibility factor and importantly imminent major financial collapse.

Unlike politics, sports and social activities spared from exclusion, and instead expansion with equal norms and guidelines barring selective criteria exempting those favored and depriving another for political reason is a disservice to the entertainment field that attracts global spectators to the event.

Bangladesh deserves to be part of the international team in T20 2026 with acknowledgment of their genuine apprehension over security regarding Indian venue in account of Indian political ruling power contemporary trend endangering foreign citizens targeted at random and specific. 

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Pakistan – 2025 Spectacular Innings

Pakistan – 2025 Spectacular Innings

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Pakistan’s performance singularly in batting by young Sameer Minhas scoring 172 runs against India’s entire team score 151 runs with Pakistan winning the match by 191 runs in the effective ground display in bowling and fielding under youth leader, Pakistan Captain Farhan Yousaf and coach Sarfaraz Ahmed against India is a memorable victory.

The organic development in Pakistan from the economic sector in the latest privatization of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) to cricket coaching within by Pakistan’s best and talented players like Sarfaraz Ahmed and alike amongst the skilled team is ground breaking and highlight new strategy breaking away from the tradition of foreign dependency in sports to economic investments.

As 2025 winding. Pakistan’s achievements along these strides are extraordinary emphasizing Pakistan’s readiness and steadfast commitment aimed at higher positive accomplishments and success now and in the near future.

Well done Pakistan!

پاکستسن کو جیت حاصل پر مبارک !

پدمنی ارہنت

Padmini Arhant

Sports – ODI World Cup 2023

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Cricket ODI World Cup 2023

Padmini Arhant

Congratulations! to the winning Australian cricket team clinching the World Cup championship defending the title for sixth time in the event.

The team efforts under able captaincy of Pat Cummins and individual performance by Travis Head together with the rest of the team is a fruitful display.

The competitor Indian team having consecutively won in the tournament is impressive though the final outcome anticipated by mass spectators apparently disappointing given the sport cricket is religion in India.

Nonetheless, winning with humility and accepting defeat gracefully is sure to win admiration regardless.

The competitiveness with improvements addressed in future games is best moving forward.

Padmini Arhant 

United States – Sports Athletic Dispute Settlement

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Sports Athletic Dispute Settlement

Padmini Arhant

The congressional hearing on women’s sports undermined with politically referenced trans members is a situation brought up by woke culture.

Women’s sports reserved and remaining exclusively for biologically born women is critical for level playing field and fair competitiveness in any sports activity.

Simultaneously the members identifying themselves as trans women or men grouped with similar gender orientation competing among within from anywhere in the state, country and regions of the world in national and international sports events would be appropriate meeting the relevant criteria.

The separation would then resolve the physical strength or weakness compatibility issue highlighted in the current mixing of these category of athletes predominantly for political reasons causing unnecessary confusion and discrimination against all of them.

The segregation would allow women sports to effectively compete against each other without any advantage or disadvantage of physical attributes of any other member in politics identified and referred to trans community.

The political connotation of trans members contesting among themselves with events organized individually for them in a manner like men, women and special Olympics sports would conform to sports parity with separate but equal outcome.

The politics’ interjection of trans group in women category withdrawn and delineated to form own segment performing in the chosen sports against likened category is the dignified permanent resolution to the otherwise politics’ induced societal discord.

Importantly, athletes and any citizen from across the spectrum letting politics know not to use, abuse and exploit their status of any kind for political mileage, targeted smear campaign and dispensation is critical for individual self-esteem which is often taken for granted in the misuse of political power and intended indignation under the guise of recognition.

Society is repeatedly subject to test and trials in such political experiment of misguided diversity.

Accordingly, politics focus on governance in shaping the economy on track stymieing inflation and corruption rather than disrupting social harmony desired among people regardless of differences of any type for peaceful co-existence is the absolute solution.

In arriving at such conclusion, Congress need not waste taxpayer dollars in presiding over show and tell sessions on these topics and many other politically instigated social dilemma.

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Science and Sports

Science and Sports

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What is the correlation between science and sports?

Science and sports are adventures in their respective fields involving mind, body and spirit coordination. 

Unfortunately, science in the onset of the pandemic as an exception with inconsistency in public health protocol and guidelines leading to questionable reliability in preventing and containing the pandemic proved a misguided adventure in COVID19 mitigation. 

Whereas sports like Skydiving as drawn analogy with pandemic instructions in late night comedy monologue is a direct contrast in reality. 

Skydiving instructors and skydivers engage in the activity that might be viewed extreme by some or many after knowing and understanding the risks and safety mechanisms of the act. 

In other words, the skydivers are fully briefed and provided comprehensive information on the activity with complete and full liberty to exercise discernment and discretion to change the mind until the last minute before taking the dive. 

The skydivers with skydive instructors are aware of the pros and cons factoring the calculated risks / hazards with security as the most important consideration. There is no force, coercion or solicitation of any kind. The involvement is entirely voluntary accepting sole responsibility for the decision. 

In comparison, the pandemic recommendations are mandatory and the minimal to major risks in the prescribed methods are expected to be absorbed entirely by the individual expected to follow the mandate.

The pandemic public health directions thus far has been wavering from one extreme to another with more speculations than specifications.

Furthermore, unlike skydiving rule, the pandemic advice accommodates no choice in individual determination of personal well being.

Accordingly, the pandemic handling thus far has been anything but reassuring in the much anticipated herd immunity via fully vaccinated or naturally infected means regarded the saving grace in ending the health disaster in recent memory. 

Amidst confusion and chaos, science and human population are victims of arbitrary positions maintained to suit political narrative rather than scientific resolution. 

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Sky Cruise

Sky Cruise

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Tokyo Olympics 2021

Tokyo Olympics 2021

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Congratulations to all athletes – the winners and participants for spectacular performance and spirit honoring their respective nations and citizens with pride and joy!

The women athletes from nations across the globe are making history in their own rights. It is about time.

Honoring Terrific Display of Talent –

Feryal Abdelaziz – 22-year-old becomes first Egyptian woman to win Olympic Gold 

Warm Greetings and Best Wishes!

Padmini Arhant

Sport – Cricket ICC Championship 2017

ICC Championship 2017

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Congratulations! Pakistan in winning the ICC Championship 2017 Trophy.  The spectacular performance enabled victory against all odds in the tournament. 

The resilience from the teams written off as underdogs rising to be fierce contestants contributed to excitement in the game. 

The lesson for those riding high on overconfidence is – one should never count the chickens before they are hatched proved time and time again.

Congratulations! To all participants in the ICC Championship 2017.

Thank you.

Padmini Arhant

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India – Lalit Modi Twitterati Causing Political Storm

By Padmini Arhant

The Indian political establishment is presently engaged in mudslinging and screaming match desperately trying to protect them from the political storm caused by IPL founder and chief Lalit Modi.

IPL – Indian premier league, the cricket tournament started few years ago attracting investors from the entertainment industry, economic sector and political arena.

IPL founder and mentor Lalit Modi – allegedly a fugitive facing various allegations ranging from embezzlement to corruption scandals in India.

As I mentioned earlier much to Bollywood Moguls’ irate for they are prime investors in IPL, IPL – Indian Premier League facilitates money laundering and tax evasion for the bourgeois – the rich, famous and the powerful in Indian society.

Indian political class with all sides having some relationship and connection with the controversial IPL icon Lalit Modi are currently involved in the blame game.

Indian Prime Minister Modi remarked in the latest speech on the potential cyber threat claiming anyone with mere 10^th or 12 th class education miles away could potentially wipe away the bank account and warned the nation to be prepared for the ‘bloodless’ cyber war.

Yet supposedly learned IPL chief Lalit Modi from miles away implicated on embezzlements running into billions technically siphoning Indian national treasury with members of Indian political apparatus collusion and complicity exemplify the state of affairs in multidimensional context. i.e. education, ethics and economic bankruptcy.

Lalit Modi’s twitters from offshore evidently prompting the Indian Parliament chirping and I play this song from Indian cinema that aptly describes the present somber mood in Indian political scene.

This song is brought to you with pleasure from me for your entertainment.

The song subtitles briefly is –

Let me remain behind the curtain

Do not lift the curtain

If the curtain is lifted

Then the secrets will be out in the open!

Enjoy the melody.

Courtesy: Padmini Arhant

United States – Super Bowl 2014

By Padmini Arhant

Congratulations! To Seattle Sea Hawks led by coach Pete Carroll against Denver Broncos in the American football championship popularly known as Super Bowl event.

The spectacular win for Seattle Sea Hawks is a matter of state and national pride.

The Denver Broncos sportsmanship and competitiveness induced thrill for millions of football fans in the United States and around the world.

Super Bowl as national occasion arouses excitement in sports circle especially among football enthusiasts and commercial broadcasters capitalizing on opportunity to attract massive audience attention.   The much anticipated moment facilitates lucrative deals in the multi-billion dollar industry.

The exorbitant income from Super Bowl and similar major national or international activities – Olympics and World competitions boost private sector profits and allocating some portion towards investments in fortifying sport culture could contribute to healthy nation and economic development. 

Sport promotes diplomacy and cultural exchange alleviating tensions between nations unlike some political initiatives aimed at exacerbating crises. 

However, image tarnishing scandals like match fixing, performance enhancing substance among athletes and other controversies viz. corruption involving organizers create unwanted impediments for successful hosting to showcase national potential. 

Unfortunately sports are also targeted with terrorism to maintain status quo on false flag operations such as 9/11 curtailing freedom and normal lifestyle.

Sports could be instrumental in voicing dissent on human rights violation in Bahrain and Qatar as Grand Prix and FIFA sponsors respectively. 

Likewise extending campaign for the oppressed and persecuted in Saudi Arabia, occupied Palestine, Myanmar, Tibet, Sri Lankan Tamils  and several parts of the world would expedite independence, political representation and economic as well as social equality.

Notwithstanding pressure on major powers to end conflict in Syria, CAR, South Sudan along with troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Korean Peninsula and horn of Africa.

The result-oriented actions could then stifle burgeoning violence in Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Egypt and countries experiencing relentless terror operations emanating from mission based on 9/11.

In conclusion, the real and functioning democracy would not curb free speech on issues including 9/11 reinvestigations leading to political transformation premised on transparency and accountability. 

Cheers! To Super Bowl winner and contender in 2014. 

Peace to all!

Thank you.

Padmini Arhant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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