Hyderabad: After holding four different posts over 24 years in the Hyderabad Cricket Association, N. Shivlal Yadav has decided to draw curtains on his career as a cricket administrator locally. He will not contest the HCA’s biennial elections that are due next month.
“I am not going to be in the fray,” Shivlal, who was recently appointed BCCI president for non-IPL affairs, told this correspondent.
“Having been the president of BCCI, which is the highest post in cricket administration in the country, I feel I shouldn’t climb down. Others may have different ideas but I am not going to be in the running at all,” Shivlal, who is also a HCA vice-president, said.
“All through my stint as an administrator, I have received good response from the secretaries of affiliated clubs. At the HCA, I have polled the highest number of votes in all my elections, barring the last one (in 2010),” Shivlal said.
“Having played my part in the HCA getting its own stadium and Hyderabad being conferred Test venue status, I bow out a content man,” he added.
He did not rule out an advisory role though. “If they seek my advice, I will give it to them, always,” Shivlal, who joined the HCA as an EC member in 1990, became its joint secretary in 1992, secretary in 2000 and vice-president in 2010, said.
Shivlal also made it clear that he would not aspire for any post in the BCCI after his tenure ends in September. “This (interim president) is a job that has been entrusted to me till September. Once I complete the task, I think my innings as an administrator comes to an end. From being a Test cricketer to the highest chair in the BCCI, I have got it all, by God’s grace. I should gracefully go out of the scene and have a nice retired life.”
However, having been associated with the game for over four decades, the pull towards the cricket ground is irresistible. “Maybe I could get into a little bit of coaching, because that’s an area where one gets satisfaction. To see a cricketer come up and play for the country makes you feel good about the fact that you are giving something back to the game,” the 57-year-old said.
Shivlal ruled out starting a coaching academy though. “That’s not on my mind. I don’t intend to do anything commercial,” he said. “I may just go to the Gymkhana and help the boys but my services will only be honourary, if and when required. If I see a talented cricketer who needs advice, I will be happy to impart tips.”
