Indian cricket’s legal tussle has put BCCI on the backfoot at ICC

[Malcolm Merlyn]

MUMBAI: In a relatively small but significant development at the 

 

BCCI

 

’s apex council meeting on Sunday, the office bearers led by president 

 

Sourav Ganguly

 

, secretary 

 

Jay Shah

 

 and treasurer Arun Dhumal requested their legal team to mention the legal matter concerning the board in the Supreme Court once again and make polite enquiries as to when the court would be hearing it.

 

 

In a little more than a month from now, the 

 

International Cricket Council

 

 (

 

ICC

 

) – which the members of BCCI have been at loggerheads with for close to five years now – will have its board meeting. India still has little clue on how it would like to put its first foot forward heading there.

 

 

“The BCCI is collaborating with the ECB and

 

 Australia (CA) to “cut the current ICC administration to size” given their overzealous push for a new events structure between 2023 and 2031, and the “much-avoidable appeasement” of the associate members, but the fact is that the ICC is racing ahead with their structural reforms.

 

 

The world governing body has, in fact, brought on board American management consulting firm McKinsey to provide strategy and advice on the global event restructuring it plans from 2023 onwards. Those in the know say “the ICC’s cut a million dollar cheque for McKinsey’s service”.

 

 

Those who have no love lost for the ICC’s recent ways of functioning insist that “commissioning a consulting firm at that high a cost is usually an indicator of where things are heading”.

 

 

Those tracking things at the ICC tell TOI “there is a strategy project that is going on right now (and) clearly, events is a big part of the strategy. McKinsey is delivering the project led by the CEO internally on behalf of the board”.

 

The BCCI has no idea when the members sat down for approvals to bring McKinsey on board. “The ICC had a strategy group working on events. Is that still there? That’s where the problem lies. Between two countries, India and England, 85 percent of the game’s revenue is generated and these two countries have little idea of what’s happening,” sources say.

 

 

BCCI’s added concern is its bilateral calendar, where the revenue that India generates by playing at home will potentially take a hit if ICC gets away with what it is planning.

 

 

Until the Supreme Court gives the board the go-ahead to work around the system and “fight the ICC for what it deserves”, there appears no light at the end of the tunnel for the present office-bearers and members.

 

 

“You see where the problem is? On one hand the ICC is busy commissioning a global consultancy firm, wants to push the head of an associate member (Singapore) to become the next chairman, is dictating terms to India about what its government policies should be in order to host a World Cup, has a gentleman from Pakistan – that has taken BCCI to court over revenue matters – as chairman of its all-important committee, is not releasing funds that are due to India. On the other hand, India can’t do much, because the matter is in court,” say sources.

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 The bolded part tells you how Manohar is trying to corner the votes. Singaporean Imran Khawaja to be made next chairman. Malaysia to host an Icc event. Thats two votes. Pakistani Mani heading the finance committee.

 

They have also given BD a ICC event lollipop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Khota]

I am glad you are bringing all these events to the forefront. This tells you how sleazy Manohar is and how BD and Pakistan are doing everything behind India's back to hurt India.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

I am glad you are bringing all these events to the forefront. This tells you how sleazy Manohar is and how BD and Pakistan are doing everything behind India's back to hurt India.

The green bros hate us. Never forget that. We are their unfinished business of a 1000 years.

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