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one very small incident.... am sure there is something else... Haroon Lorgat brushes aside BCCI’s request of overturning Kolkata decision In a defining move, the Chief Executive of the International Cricket Council Haroon Lorgat has stated that they cannot go back at their decision of re-locating the India-England World Cup game from the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, despite a request by the governing body of the game in India - the richest and most affluent cricket board in the world - Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The match was moved outside Kolkata after the organizers at the venue failed to complete the re-construction and uplifting of the stadium in time for the match. The ICC had extended the dead-line twice before and they decided to put their foot down and deprive the biggest stadium in the world of its most sought after match of the 42 day extravaganza. The Cricket Association of Bengal is bitterly disappointed at the decision and approached the BCCI to help them get the game back, yet it seems that the ICC is not going to budge. Shashank Manohar of the BCCI wrote to Lorgat, however the Chief Executive confirmed that he could not alter the decision which was based on a principled stance. "I told him the ICC could not accommodate the request," Lorgat told media. "There was too much of planning and too much of logistics that would be involved," concluded the administrator who hails from South Africa. The venue has lost its most sought after match and now would have to contend with hosting three matches involving the minnows of the game. The three matches are - Ireland v Holland, South Africa v Ireland and Zimbabwe v Kenya – and it is not clear yet if the CAB would be allowed to host those matches at the Eden Gardens. Lorgat has conveyed to the BCCI and the CAB that the governing body of the game would not be not be holding further inspections of the venue. They have given the onus to the BCCI and CAB and want them to see for themselves if the landmark venue that hosted the 1987 World Cup final between Australia and England has the capability of hosting the three matches. "The big commercial game was India v England. The other matches involve Associates, which cannot be big money spinners. It is now for the CAB to take a call and if they want to save the face, they could get the ground ready for the other three matches," an official close to the negotiations said. Manohar, however stressed that the ball is in the ICC’s court who are the tournament organizers, who have “every right to decide on this,". "We've tried our best for the CAB but the final word was always going to be the ICC's." stated Manohar. Meanwhile the rest of the cricketing world has lauded the decision by the ICC. They think that finally the most powerful cricket board in the world has been cowed down by the ICC which was often referred as a toothless tiger in the past. The BCCI is the biggest revenue earner from them and the perception is that they control the decision making through the force of their financial muscle. At the same time it is a pity that the World Cup would not see 100,000 spectators in full motion, many cricketers rave about the games that they play at the Eden Gardens which is the loudest, and most exciting cricket venue in the world especially when full. Some enthralling games have taken place there over the years, and the World Cup would be a little less vibrant without the venue.

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Can anyone explain the issue between BCCI and LogRat in detail?
lorgat had asked for wolf report which was more about governance of ICC it painted BCCI as the vilan who can override decisions in their favour and he wanted to push DRS as well and the world cup match at kolkata. Think BCCI should pull out of SA tour show them who own their asses. :viking::whack:
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BCCI mulls ending CSA's stake in Champions League T20 http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/655575.html

Relations between the boards of India and South Africa are believed to have suffered a setback following the appointment of Haroon Lorgat as the chief executive of Cricket South Africa, ESPNcricinfo understands. At stake for CSA is its partnership in the lucrative Champions League Twenty20, and the hosting of a full series against India later this year. The BCCI's concerns over Lorgat's appointment - formally announced on July 20 - were raised at a Champions League T20 meeting earlier this week, it is understood. The meeting in London, attended by representatives of BCCI, Cricket Australia and CSA, was not a pleasant one - one source said it got "very uncomfortable". The BCCI said it hadn't ruled out ending the CLT20 association with CSA, which like CA holds a stake, although South African teams' participation was to continue regardless. When CSA announced Lorgat's appointment last week, it said it had been under BCCI pressure to do otherwise. Having gone ahead regardless, CSA and Lorgat said they hoped they could iron out their issues with the BCCI. "We went to India and talked to the president of the BCCI and they raised their concerns about Haroon [Lorgat]," Chris Nenzani, the CSA president, said at that time. "We told them, 'We will not undermine your concerns but we will have to take decision based on the interests of CSA.' We have a long history of friendship and a good relationship with the BCCI, and we value that relationship. We have no reason to believe this appointment will jeopardise the relationship in any way." Early rushes suggest CSA might have underestimated the BCCI's ire, which is believed to stem from Lorgat's promotion of DRS and his insistence on the implementation of the findings of the Woolf Report during his time as ICC chief executive. CSA's next plan of action is to wait for a report on the meeting, which Naasei Appiah, the CSA CFO and its acting CEO in the London meeting, is preparing. It then hopes that Lorgat can salvage the relationship. The BCCI's working committee, meanwhile, will meet on Sunday, and is expected to finalise its requirements regarding the schedule of India's tour of South Africa. Jagmohan Dalmiya, the acting president of the BCCI, told ESPNcricinfo that the board hadn't sent an alternative itinerary over to CSA yet, and was expected to do so only after the Sunday meeting.
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BCCI mulls ending CSA's stake in Champions League T20 Relations between the boards of India and South Africa are believed to have suffered a setback following the appointment of Haroon Lorgat as the chief executive of Cricket South Africa, ESPNcricinfo understands. At stake for CSA is its partnership in the lucrative Champions League Twenty20, and the hosting of a full series against India later this year. The BCCI's concerns over Lorgat's appointment - formally announced on July 20 - were raised at a Champions League T20 meeting earlier this week, it is understood. The meeting in London, attended by representatives of BCCI, Cricket Australia and CSA, was not a pleasant one - one source said it got "very uncomfortable". The BCCI said it hadn't ruled out ending the CLT20 association with CSA, which like CA holds a stake, although South African teams' participation was to continue regardless. When CSA announced Lorgat's appointment last week, it said it had been under BCCI pressure to do otherwise. Having gone ahead regardless, CSA and Lorgat said they hoped they could iron out their issues with the BCCI. "We went to India and talked to the president of the BCCI and they raised their concerns about Haroon [Lorgat]," Chris Nenzani, the CSA president, said at that time. "We told them, 'We will not undermine your concerns but we will have to take decision based on the interests of CSA.' We have a long history of friendship and a good relationship with the BCCI, and we value that relationship. We have no reason to believe this appointment will jeopardise the relationship in any way." Early rushes suggest CSA might have underestimated the BCCI's ire, which is believed to stem from Lorgat's promotion of DRS and his insistence on the implementation of the findings of the Woolf Report during his time as ICC chief executive. CSA's next plan of action is to wait for a report on the meeting, which Naasei Appiah, the CSA CFO and its acting CEO in the London meeting, is preparing. It then hopes that Lorgat can salvage the relationship. The BCCI's working committee, meanwhile, will meet on Sunday, and is expected to finalise its requirements regarding the schedule of India's tour of South Africa. Jagmohan Dalmiya, the acting president of the BCCI, told ESPNcricinfo that the board hadn't sent an alternative itinerary over to CSA yet, and was expected to do so only after the Sunday meeting.

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