Former Test stalwarts Chandu Borde and Ajit Wadekar on Friday hailed Supreme Court’s order to make Sunil Gavaskar the interim president of BCCI for managing IPL affairs. ‘This is a very good thing the Supreme Court has done. It’s a great opportunity to the cricketers as cricket would be given priority in IPL whose image has taken quite a beating because of the allegations of betting, match fixing etc. Gavaskar is a man known for playing with the straight bat. There will be a lot of transparency under his guidance. He is known to have his own mind and I don’t think anyone would dare to indulge in corrupt practices with him at the helm,’ said Borde from Pune. ‘In the past cricket and cricketers were pushed to the background in IPL with dancing girls (cheerleaders) being given more importance. This will not happen now,’ he added. Wadekar, under whom Gavaskar made a sensational debut in the historic 1971 Test series in the West Indies, also said it would be good to see a top cricketer at the helm of the board’s affairs. ‘Glad that a legend like Gavaskar has been given the charge of the BCCI. Really good to see cricketers at the helm, including Shivlal Yadav. Good that he (Gavaskar) will also not lose his remuneration as commentator,’ he said.