However, when asked about being offered the role of chief executive last week, the veteran administrator had come on record. Neymar had been camping in a luxury Paris hotel since his transfer to PSG last month. “If the SC order had intended to give the players a voice in administration, this SCA move had promptly managed to stifle it. Ghavri, who played in 39 Tests and 19 ODIs for India, had formed a players’ association himself consisting of nine former players. It summed up India’s woeful preparation, resulting in none of the 24 wrestlers crossing the quarterfinal stage of the world championships, which concluded in Paris last week. “If you think that by sparring with juniors you will beat senior wrestlers, then it won’t happen. Sachit made a confident start in the match by winning the opening game 11-8. “This is not just a case of SCA finding a loop hole in the new changed order but it is an act that makes a mockery of the SC order,” Ghavri wrote. Edmund bravely attempted to continue but after dropping the opening game of the fourth set, waved the white flag by walking to the net and shaking hands. The panic-stricken federation hastily decided to send the wrestlers to Paris 17 days before the world championship began.