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The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA general secretary, Dharam Guruva Reddy went all out against the irregularities of Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) and political quid pro quo during the BRS regime. Speaking to the media, Guruva Reddy said, “In 2015-16 HCA AGM report which clearly mentioned that Mr. K.T. Rama Rao (then Minister) was nominated as a member of BCCI’s IT & Data Management Sub-Committee.

Following this, several quid pro quo favors were exchanged, he added. KTR’s brother-in-law, Rajendra Pakala’s company Events Now.com, was awarded contracts for IPL ticketing. In return, KTR facilitated relief for HCA regarding payment of Rs.14 crore property tax to IALA, allowing it to be paid in tiny installments of just Rs.25 lakh annually.

Same audit report for all years submitted

Call it callousness or sheer arrogance but the HCA submitted the same audit report without changing even a single line or number and submitted to the BCCI. Shockingly, even after the ticketing contract ended in 2019, audit books from 2017-2025 still show annual payments of Rs.12 lakhs either paid or reflected as liabilities towards the same company—raising serious suspicion of ongoing kickbacks.

Every year, ₹6.10 crores are being given for the development of clubs. Even clubs which don’t have teams were also given money. Additionally, ₹12 crores per annum were allocated to HCA administrative affairs. How are they spending so much every year?" Guruva Reddy questioned

Shockingly, even after the ticketing contract ended in 2019, audit books from 2017-2025 still show annual payments of Rs.12 lakhs either paid or reflected as liabilities towards the same company—raising serious suspicion of ongoing kickbacks.

He informed that TCA has already written to the CID to expand the investigation scope to cover the past 10 years of financial irregularities, noting that many clubs appear to have been duplicated or registered afresh under new society names while actually being controlled by people in power behind the scenes.

As per TCA, there are 76 clubs that do not fulfill compliance norms of the BCCI bylaws, and a total of 155 clubs are liable for suspension. When two-thirds of the clubs are dummy or inactive, HCA must be disaffiliated from BCCI and the HCA Society should be suspended by the Telangana Government.

Reddy appealed to the Telangana Government and the CID to register criminal cases against all those responsible for the current crisis in the HCA. He strongly demanded that TCA be recognized as a full member of BCCI in order to protect cricket and nurture young talent in Telangana State.