Indian officials have asked the ICC to extend its 10-year Test championship programme by at least 2 years.
Insisting that restoring the BCCI's image was his first priority, newly-elected BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya has called for a proper conduct of next months's Indian Premier League (IPL) that had been subject to controversy in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal.
The BCCI granted Rs 2 lakh to the former Indian skipper, who is undergoing treatment for a stroke in Mumbai.
The soft drinks giant bagged the sponsorship rights along with TVS Motor company and Videocon for matches in India in 2003-04.
The first Test between India and New Zealand, which was to be held at Kanpur, will be at Ahmedabad.
Banned former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi again took to micro-blogging site twitter to attack BCCI president N Srinivasan accusing him of "orchestrating the retention policy" to suit his side Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming seventh edition of Indian Premier League.
It said it will take legal action against the BCCI's decision to go in for a fresh tender for its telecast rights.
"I don't see the need for this post to be given to someone connected with the game," said Jaywant Lele.
The BCCI decision comes in the wake of the recommendations of the spinners' panel.
Zee Network bagged the telecast rights for all international cricket matches to be played in India for the next four years.
The South African has been appointed the new fitness trainer of the Indian cricket team.
The ace off-spinner will leave for Australia on Satirday.
Jagmohan Dalmiya said the Board respects the decision of the South African trainer and will look for a suitable replacement.
The Indian team's physical trainer has taken up a similar position with the South African national team on Sunday.
The panel will have its first meeting in Kolkata on May 30.
The matter of strained Indo-Pak cricketing ties will top the agenda.
Indian cricket coach, John Wright, has lost his father and would not be accompanying the Indian team to Dhaka.team to the tri-series in Dhaka from April 11 following the demise of his father.
The left-hander may join the team for the last three ODI matches.
"The meeting between ICC and BCCI, which was on the cards, will be held on Monday December 9, in Calcutta," said BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Indian team for the Pakistan tour will be selected on the March 3.
India's first Test tour of Pakistan in 14 years will be delayed due to logistical problems, including security, said BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya.
The BCCI wants to postpone the tour, scheduled to begin on March 1, by a week to give the team a longer rest period.
But the fee payable to non-playing members of a senior team has been reduced to 50 per cent.
The BCCI chief said if the court had no objection to Jadeja playing the Ranji Trophy, the board won't come in the way.
Prof Ratnakar Shetty was elected joint secretary.
BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya said the former batting ace is part of the process to find a good opening pair for India.
BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya said legal opinion will be obtained on the legal validity of the lifting of the cricketer's ban.
The India captain will become the first Indian cricketer to be bestowed with the honour on three occasions.
All the four teams in the men's and women's ICC World Twenty20 finals Sunday are expected to wear black armbands as a mark of respect to the families of the victims of the horrifying flyover tragedy that took away lives of 24 people. "We have requested the teams to wear black arm-bands," former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly told reporters. Till now 24 people have been killed and several others critically injured after an under construction flyover collapse in North Kolkata near Ganesh Talkies.
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