BCCI secretary demands explanation for Mithali Raj’s leaked letter to media

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BCCI general secretary, Amitabh Choudhary, has penned a letter to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and GM Saba Karim demanding an explanation as to how Mithali Raj’s confidential letter reached the hands of the media. Choudhary added that the contents of the letter are extremely damaging to people involved.

On Tuesday evening, Hindustan Times came out with a sensational report that included excerpts from a private email that was sent to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and GM Saba Karim by former Indian ODI captain - Mithali Raj. The contents of that letter were highly controversial and individually singled out women’s team coach, Ramesh Powar, for having a biased attitude towards Raj throughout the course of the ICC Women’s World T20.

And now BCCI general secretary, Amitabh Choudhary, has written back to Johri and Karim questioning how the media house got their hands on the highly confidential letter.

“I was taken aback by media reports today, obviously based on leaks, reporting content of the email apparently written by Ms Mithali Raj. I am not sure to whom the email was addressed though it remains a fact that the undersigned is convenor of the national women’s selection committee and the concerned recepient(s) should immediately have copied the same to me. It is clear that the contents are extremely damaging to certain individual persons and therefore to the BCCI. Please let me know the facts of the case at the earliest,” Choudhary wrote.

Earlier, in the letter written by Raj, she mentioned how certain people in the Indian management staff were determined to destroy her career with the national team. Besides Powar, she also accused CoA member, Diana Edulji, of breaching her trust. The famed Indian opener added that she knew that the contents of her letter could lead her into trouble, but she had no option as she felt helpless after the recent turn of events ever since the semi-final loss against England in the Caribbean.

“For the first time in a 20 year long career, I felt deflated, depressed and let down. I am forced to think if my services to my country are of any value to a few people in power who are out to destroy me and break my confidence,” Raj wrote in her letter.

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