The main fight during the three-day Indian Cricketers' Association election will be between former cricketers Kirti Azad and Anshuman Gaekwad to become the male representative nominee to the BCCI Apex Council.
With the shadow of the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha panel recommendations hanging over its head, the BCCI will be conducting its 87th Annual General Meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday, with election of its honorary secretary being one of the priorities on the agenda.
If BCCI helps them then the blind, deaf and wheelchair cricketers will all get benefited.
Indian cricket, it seems, pays overwhelming obeisance to a vapid, old adage: The more it changes, the more it remains the same.
Lauding Shashank Manohar for his stand against conflict of interest, International Cricket Council CEO Dave Richardson today said the ICC Chairman, who also heads the BCCI, is a principled man and is trying to reform the governance structure in both the bodies. The BCCI, under Manohar's Presidency, has been forced to undertake structural reforms after the Supreme Court-appointed Justice (retd) R M Lodha committee suggested wholesale changes in its administration. "Any improvements on the governance of any country, as far as the ICC is concerned at this stage, is fair enough. "I know that our new chairman Mr. Manohar is a very principled man and seems to be interested or trying to at least adhere to the principles of no conflict of interest when it comes to governance of the game," Richardson said at a promotional event in Chennai. "I think he is quite keen that the ICC should also look at those aspects of governance.
'Whatever the reforms the Supreme Court has approved for BCCI, it won't be possible to implement it all.'
The Committee of Administrators running the Board of Control for Cricket in India is unlikely to go against the high-profile Cricket Advisory Committee's decision on who will be the next Indian cricket team coach.
Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the Indian Premier League for two years for betting activities of their key officials, Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra, during the 2013 season of cash-rich Twenty20 cricket tournament.
The SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud on Thursday reverted to the old five-member selection committee for both senior, junior and women teams.
Aditya Verma, the main petitioner in Board of Cricket Control India (BCCI) case which paved the way for Justice R.M. Lodha panel's formation, on Sunday dared the Indian cricket board to make the Deloitte report public and accused it of "threatening" the state cricket associations not to implement the reforms recommended by the panel. Speaking to ANI, Verma said that the BCCI would stand exposed if the report is made public. "I dare the BCCI and other state cricket associations that if they have guts then submit the Deloitte report before Justice Lodha by November 8. If they do, everything will become crystal clear. The BCCI has been blackmailing the state cricket associations over the report," Verma said.
The Committee of Administrators announced the elections date in New Delhi on Tuesday after due consultation with the apex court-appointed amicus curiae P S Narsimha.
The 41-year-old Thakur replaced Shashank Manohar who quit the position to take up the ICC chairman's job. The Maharashtra Cricket Association chief and business magnate Shirke expectedly filled in the Secretary's post which was left vacant by Thakur's resignation on Saturday.
The Conflict ruling suggested in the Lodha reforms for BCCI came under criticism from several quarters as they believed it stopped the former cricketers from coming forward to help Indian cricket and cricketers.
The BCCI wants that the president and secretary be allowed to serve two consecutive terms
MCA member objects to wasteful expenses planned for Pune Test.
The COA, comprising chairman Vinod Rai, Diana Edulji and Lt Gen (Retd) Ravi Thodge, will be taking stock of the situation with regard to elections of the state associations and the subsequent BCCI polls.
While some of the veterans like Niranjan Shah are happy even though it won't make much of a difference for them, the likes of Dilip Vengsarkar welcomed the move as it gives him an opportunity to be in the BCCI once he is through with his cooling off period.
Accordingly, 12 affiliated units -- Andhra, Assam, Goa, Jharkhand, Kerala, Mumbai, Rajasthan, Railways, Tripura, Universities, Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha -- have submitted their suggestions to the amicus curiae and they have reached a common ground.
A vacation bench of Justices M M Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta was informed by Guha's counsel that he had tendered his resignation on May 28 to Vinod Rai, Chairman of the Committee of Administrators of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The COA headed by Vinod Rai sent an e-mail to Khanna on Tuesday, November 14, giving him a 48-hour deadline to announce the date of the SGM.
India Test skipper Virat Kohli was among the few cricketers who received a higher actual salary according to the salary details of the retained Indian Premier League players listed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday.
Having cut off the "umbilical cord" that tied him to the Board, the former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) spoke to PTI on a range of issues from "giving a free hand" to the Virat Kohli-Ravi Shastri duo, Anil Kumble's exit as national coach, his frosty relationship with colleague Diana Edulji, sexual harassment allegations against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and difficulties in implementing the Supreme Court-mandated Lodha recommendations.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed modification of BCCI's constitution and paved the way for its president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah to continue in office without having to serve the mandatory cooling-off period.
'We need to respect our players. Our players are as good as anybody.'
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stated that the three-member panel of Vikram Limaye, Amitabh Choudhary and Anirudh Chowdhury will represent the Board of Control for Cricket in India at the International Cricket Council's meeting, starting in Dubai, on Thursday.
'Indian hockey will lose out on one of its most important nurseries of good hockey talent.'
Ganguly is one of the 11 members of the world cricket committee, chaired by Mike Brearley of MCC, which announced the new Laws of Cricket, to be incorporated in the ICC Playing Conditions.
Rupa Gurunath, daughter of former Board of Control for Cricket in India chief Narayanswami Srinivasan, was elected unopposed as president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association on Thursday. She is the first woman to head a state unit of the Indian cricket board.
The Solicitor General said, "Leadership develops at the grassroots level and it remains in the state association. By the time, his time comes for being elevated to the BCCI; he has to go for a mandatory three-year cooling-off period. One cannot become a member of the BCCI if he is not an active member of the state association".
The Sourav Ganguly-led BCCI has proposed six major amendments to the existing constitution which was adopted last year keeping in tune with the reforms suggested by the Justice Lodha committee.
The Kapil Dev-led panel has got the green light from the BCCI's legal team to appoint the next coach of the men's side by mid-August.
A historian, a retired auditor and a financial executive were among four people named by India's highest court on Monday to run the country's cricket board (BCCI).
Keeping the soul of the Lodha reforms in mind -- one person one post -- former Supreme Court judge Jain last month ruled that ex-India batsman Laxman and former captain Ganguly will have to choose one of the multiples roles they are performing at the moment including their commentary stints during the ongoing World Cup.
With the Supreme Court making it clear that a cumulative period of 18 years as per the July 18 verdict stands, the two executive functionaries - joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary are expected to resume office.
Raman was removed by Lal and Naik's CAC, which reinstated Ramesh Powar, who was removed from the same post in 2018.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag on Monday said he resigned from the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association's cricket committee keeping the body's interests in mind.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid will move to a bigger cricketing role when he takes charge of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore on a two-year contract.
According to a media release sent by the ICC, Deputy Chairman Imran Khwaja will take over as interim chairman till the election process is set in motion.
He has been away from the hullabaloo of Indian cricket for the last six months but former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur says if required, he 'won't shy away from accepting responsibility'.
Goel declined to comment on the letter written by Ramachandra Guha, one of the four members of Supreme Court- appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), to implement the recommendations of the Justice R M Lodha panel to reform the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
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