Srinivasan not eligible for ICC: CoA
MUMBAI: The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has issued clear instructions to defiant office-bearers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), with respect to every matter pertaining to the functioning of the Board.
Apart from writing to all state units to clarify the eligibility of participants to any BCCI meeting, the Vinod Rai-headed panel has put out directions on the BCCI website, listing details on day-to-day functioning.
Most importantly, the BCCI representative to International Cricket Council (ICC) meetings should qualify as per the Lodha panel’s recommendations, it said.
The BCCI is holding a Special General Meeting (SGM) on Sunday, but the CoA’s letter on Thursday rules out N Srinivasan’s chances.
Srinivasan was emerging as one of the favourites to represent the BCCI at the ICC, but he doesn’t qualify as per the Supreme Court-appointed panel’s recommendations.
“The CoA is not going to interfere in who the BCCI members pick, but the person has to be eligible according to the Lodha panel’s recommendations,” a BCCI insider told HT.
“Ideally, Mr Rai should have chaired the meeting, but he is out of India and the rest of the CoA will not attend the SGM.”
The BCCI office-bearers have continued to show defiance and their response in the SGM is awaited. The letter to the state units states: “Members may kindly note that the Committee of Administrators has decided to seek appropriate directions from the Hon’ble Supreme Court on matters relating to eligibility for participating in any Special General Meeting or Annual General Meeting of the BCCI (both with reference to members and their nominees/ representatives) as well as eligibility for being appointed to represent the BCCI at the ICC.
“Members are requested to consider the above issues and ensure that attendance and decisions at any Special General Meeting or Annual General Meeting of the BCCI is in compliance with the orders passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court as well as all applicable norms, rules and regulations.”