BCCI suspends bilateral ties with the West Indies

The meeting also unanimously decided to initiate legal proceedings against the WICB as the pull-out also meant huge financial loss to the BCCI

October 21, 2014 02:20 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 04:24 am IST - Hyderabad

The decision to suspend all cricket tours with West Indies and initiate legal action was taken “unanimously” by the Working Committee members. Photo: P.V. Sivakumar

The decision to suspend all cricket tours with West Indies and initiate legal action was taken “unanimously” by the Working Committee members. Photo: P.V. Sivakumar

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suspended all bilateral cricket tours with the West Indies Cricket Board and accepted the Sri Lankan proposal to play a five-match one-day series starting November 2.

These were the major decisions taken at the BCCI working committee meeting here on Tuesday.

BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel, during his brief interaction with the media, said the decision followed the West Indies cricket team’s pull-out from the tour of India after playing just four one-dayers of the scheduled five one-dayer and three-Test series.

“The meeting also unanimously decided to initiate legal proceedings against the WICB as the pull-out also meant huge financial loss to the BCCI.

“The BCCI appreciates the Sri Lankan Board’s offer to play the one-day series at such short notice.

The series will start on November 2 and is in lieu of their scheduled tour of India early next year. We will reciprocate by touring Sri Lanka during July-August, 2015,” Patel said. The five matches will be played at Cuttack, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.

IPL governing council chairman Ranjib Biswal, meanwhile, clarified that the West Indian players would continue to play in the high-profile league despite the latest developments.

A senior official who attended the working committee meeting informed The Hindu that the issue of seeking compensation was debated, but it was felt that given the WICB’s financial position, there was no point in stretching it too far as the WICB would in turn approach the ICC to come to its rescue later on, if such a mandate was issued.

“In fact, according to the tentative figures circulated at the meeting, the BCCI coffers might suffer a dent of about Rs. 200 crore and not Rs. 400 crore as is being reported. Anyhow, the officials concerned are on the job to arrive at an exact figure,” the official said.

The meeting, chaired by BCCI interim chief N. Shivlal Yadav, was attended by ICC chairman N. Srinivasan in his capacity as Tamil Nadu Cricket Association president, the permanent Test centre members of the BCCI, five associate members, Ranjib Biswal and BCCI joint secretary Anurag Thakur among others.

In another related development, it was also announced that Mahendra Singh Dhoni would be rested for the first three matches against Sri Lanka and Virat Kohli would lead the Indian team.

The senior selection committee also named the India ‘A’ team, to be led by Manoj Tiwary, for the one-day practice match against Sri Lanka at CCI (Mumbai) on October 30.

The teams:

India ‘A’ for practice match : Manoj Tiwary (capt.), Unmukt Chand, Manan Vohra, Karun Nair, Rohit Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Sanju Samson, Parvez Rasool, Karn Sharma, Stuart Binny, Dhaval Kulkarni, Jaspreet Bumrah, Manish Pandey and Kuldeep Yadav.

Indian team for first three one-dayers : Virat Kohli (capt.), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Murali Vijay, Varun Aaron and Axar Patel.

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