IPL money will provide stability: Pawar

"Besides, we have also allotted Rs 50 crore for Olympic sports every ear to groom players who are either number one or two in the country. The Board is thus helping other sports and spending the money for good cause," Pawar said.

The BCCI chief also confessed that despite the entertainment provided by limited-overs cricket, he remained a purist with liking for Tests.

"I like Tests. I belong to that generation. When the One-Dayers started we said what is this nonsense?"

Pawar said he might be heading the BCCI but he believed in delegating the work to experts as was the case in the IPL.

"We have given full authority to (Sunil) Gavaskar, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Ravi Shastri and asked them to take decisions about the IPL. They are the experts of the field, they understand the game and are dedicated people. I am the trouble shooter. I come (in the picture) when there is a crisis," he said.

Pawar, who is also the Union Minister for Agriculture and the President of Nationalist Congress Party, said he believed in using his influential position for the benefit of the game.

"I have been associated with many sports organisations. If we have some position in public life we should use it for the benefit of games.

"This position should be used to build up good infrastructure. Nowadays, we also have the important job of providing employments to players.

"We should not be the captains but select excellent people to do the job. We have a good team in the BCCI," he said.

Pawar said he believed in giving opportunities to youngsters and cited the example of Twenty20 World Cup win.

"They got World Cup without proper practise just because we gave them opportunities," he said, adding that the squad for the 2011 home edition of the World Cup would be selected from the pool of current 30-35 players.