BCCI moves to SC for dispersal of funds

[Malcolm Merlyn]

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MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is all set to head to the Supreme Court on Tuesday to seek directions on a flurry of issues, the most important of which is the dispersal of funds required for conducting the India-England series starting Wednesday.

The BCCI said that non-dispersal will result in cancellation of the first Test at Rajkot.

Senior counsel for the BCCI, Kapil Sibal, and his team gathered in New Delhi on Tuesday morning to draft the petition after the Board took a call on Monday night to seek the Apex Court's guidance on the way forward.

BCCI's contention is that in line with the October 21 order of the SC, the President and the Secretary - both - have filed their respective affidavits with the Lodha Committee.

The top BCCI office-bearers have also written to the Lodha Committee and informed the latter that they would make themselves available for a meeting any day after November 9.

The Board says it hasn't heard from the committee yet and there's been no acknowledgement on the affidavits and the email communication either.

BCCI is looking to raise the matter in the SC today, citing absolute confusion in the matter that has led to all administrative processes coming to a standstill.

The Board says "there are contracts waiting to be signed, agreements with the England Cricket Board is pending, there's no word on the IPL media rights tender and there's hardly any time left for the 2017 edition and preparations need to begin."

 

 

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State boards organizing att 4 test matches have already said that they fully capable of organizing.

 

Moreover, SCA has invited PM Modi and Gujrat CM for the match. No way it is going to be cancelled.

 

This is news from TOI. No official word from BCCI yet. I think we should change the title of the thread.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

News all over media.SC order awaited.

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Nothing on espncricinfo and official site of BCCI.

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England's tour of India is unlikely to be disrupted by the hurdles the BCCI faces in signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the ECB. Officials from both boards confirmed there has been no change to their preparations ahead of the series, which starts in Rajkot on November 9.

The state associations hosting the five Tests - Saurashtra, Punjab, Andhra, Mumbai and Tamil Nadu - also said they did not foresee any difficulty as long as the England team's hotel costs, airfare and the daily allowance are taken care of. A representative from one state association even said they would be happy to foot the hotel bill should it come to that.

Alastair Cook's squad had landed in Mumbai on Wednesday, but doubts emerged over whether the series would take place after email exchanges between the BCCI and the Lodha Committee revealed that an MoU had not been signed yet.

According to an order passed by the Supreme Court of India on October 21, all contracts that the BCCI enters into have to be cleared by the Lodha Committee, which was appointed by the court to suggest changes to the way the board functions. Matters directly related to cricket though are beyond the Committee's remit, which was why they had asked the BCCI for more information before giving their approval for the MoU's signing. On Thursday evening, BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke sent a copy of the blank MoU to the Lodha Committee without mentioning any specifics.

 

Lack of MoU unlikely to affect England tour

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1064796.html

 

 

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23 minutes ago, Malcolm Merlyn said:

News all over media.SC order awaited.

Apart from TOI which media outlet has reported it.

 

Hindu, Indian Express? I couldn't find any other source mentioning anything like this.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

England's tour of India is unlikely to be disrupted by the hurdles the BCCI faces in signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the ECB. Officials from both boards confirmed there has been no change to their preparations ahead of the series, which starts in Rajkot on November 9.

The state associations hosting the five Tests - Saurashtra, Punjab, Andhra, Mumbai and Tamil Nadu - also said they did not foresee any difficulty as long as the England team's hotel costs, airfare and the daily allowance are taken care of. A representative from one state association even said they would be happy to foot the hotel bill should it come to that.

Alastair Cook's squad had landed in Mumbai on Wednesday, but doubts emerged over whether the series would take place after email exchanges between the BCCI and the Lodha Committee revealed that an MoU had not been signed yet.

According to an order passed by the Supreme Court of India on October 21, all contracts that the BCCI enters into have to be cleared by the Lodha Committee, which was appointed by the court to suggest changes to the way the board functions. Matters directly related to cricket though are beyond the Committee's remit, which was why they had asked the BCCI for more information before giving their approval for the MoU's signing. On Thursday evening, BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke sent a copy of the blank MoU to the Lodha Committee without mentioning any specifics.

 

Lack of MoU unlikely to affect England tour

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2016-17/content/story/1064796.html

 

 

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