Hyderabad, Jan. 17 -- These days the HCA's functioning or more accurately malfunctioning, is being brought to the eyes of the public with increasingfrequency.

When Mohammed Azharuddin was elected to the post of President, everyone expected that the affairs of the HCA would take a turn for the better. Here was an able cricketer who had accomplishedmany things and given a new dimension to Indian batsmanship. But as an administrator he has failed woefully.

Another bungling within the HCA that seemedto have escaped the notice of the media was a strike calledby the employees and staff of the HCA due to unpaid increments and enhancement of salaries as promised. Everything with the HCA seems to be falling apart at an alarming rate.

The Ranji ...