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BCCI reaches out to Rajasthan
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board can ill-afford any adversary as it fights an increasingly difficult battle against the root-and-branch reforms directed by the
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board can ill-afford any adversary as it fights an increasingly difficult battle against the root-and-branch reforms directed by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha committee.
Weeks after reaching out to the N Srinivasan camp to bolster the present BCCI administration in its confrontation with the International Cricket Council( ICC) headed by Shashank Manohar over revenue sharing and not being given a position in its crucial committees, the board turned to the suspended Rajasthan on Saturday.
With some associations looking to abide by the Supreme Court directive to file affidavits that they will agree to implement the Lodha panel directives, the BCCI is looking to keep the flock together.
The Rajasthan Cricket Association was suspended in 2014 after sacked former IPL commissioner, Lalit Modi, was elected president. The cricket activities are being run by an ad hoc committee, which includes court and BCCI representatives. On Saturday, its acting president, Mehmood Abdi, was a surprise visitor to the five-star hotel where the BCCI held a special meeting to apprise its members of its future course of action in its opposition of the Lodha panel report. Abdi met BCCI secretary, Ajay Shirke, who he said was very courteous and also invited him to attend the brainstorming session. However, BCCI president, Anurag Thakur, opposed his presence in the meeting and hence he did not attend.
“The meeting with Shirke was fruitful. We totally support the Lodha panel recommendations and we will do whatever is required to implement them,” Abdi told reporters. The Rajasthan association is fighting to be reinstated.
