No question of close or not close. Dungarpur is of my view. In fact, he is a step ahead of me. He says Azharuddin's achievements should not be overlooked. I was pleasantly surprised to get some support.
Cricketers are part of society.
They are as clean or as vulnerable as any other section of society, whether they are bureaucrats, doctors, lawyers or anybody else. The only difference is they get more public adulation. So, in a different way, they are morally answerable to the public and to us. And for that the people also accord punishment. So for that, he is answerable directly to the people.