WILL SPEAK TO THAKUR AND SHIRKE ON REVOCATION: GANGULY

NEW DELHI: Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly, on Tuesday, said that he will be taking up the issue of revocation of Bengal's rescheduled Ranji Trophy encounter against Gujarat with the BCCI brass including president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke.

It has been learnt from CAB sources that they will sent a formal letter to the BCCI regarding the current move. "I am aware of the situation. I will be taking up this issue at the appropriate forum with president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke," Ganguly said on Tuesday.

Asked if the morale of the team will be down due to this decision as they play an important match against Madhya Pradesh, starting on Wednesday, the former India captain said that he has spoken to the boys and told them to keep their chin up. "I have told the boys that they should just focus on the match and not think about anything else. Their goal should be to win the match," the former skipper added.

Bengal's smog-hit Ranji encounter against Gujarat was rescheduled to December 15-18 in Visakhapatnam but MCA and Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) took up the matter with BCCI citing it as an "unfair advantage" for the two teams.

In CAB, the contention of the matter is that this decision to revoke falls flat due to amended BCCI constitution Page 3 Clause F (ii) which states: "The Committee shall recommend change if any in the format or schedule of the Senior Tournaments to the Technical Committee".