Diana Edulji, India
BCCI’s Committee of Administrators
Diana Edulji could have been content with retiring as India’s greatest women’s cricketer. Yet she’s arguably had more of an influence in her post-playing career. Since India’s Supreme Court appointed her to the BCCI’s Committee of Administrators in 2017, she’s been a unique figure of power: the lone woman in a committee which is overseeing all of Indian cricket. Edulji has used the platform her position has given her to speak out whenever necessary, from the day-to-day aspects of Indian cricket to the appointment of coaches and team managers to, recently, the way the #MeToo movement has intersected with cricket in India. Her legacy as a cricketer was already secure. But what she’s doing as an administrator may leave an even more indelible mark on the sport in India.
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– Edulji played national-level basketball and table tennis.
– Edulji remains the third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket.
– In 2018, she declined a lifetime achievement award from the BCCI, citing her ongoing tenure as an administrator.
Did you know…
Diana Edulji is the only cricketer, male or female, on the BCCI’s Committee of Administrators.
“I just want cricket to be run in the right way.” – Diana Edulji
