Amitabh Choudhary made an earnest plea to the Committee of Administrators (CoA) on Thursday saying “it is absolutely imperative that the notice to the ICC, asking them to remedy the breach (of the Members Participation Agreement) within a period of 30 days, be sent today (Thursday) as a matter of abundant caution.”
In response to the CoA’s communication on Thursday morning to request the latter to wait till the SGM on May 7, Choudhary has assured the CoA that “all the notice seeks is to ask the ICC to remedy the breach that they have committed with regard to the MPA. The said agreement envisages a 30 day period to be provided for either of the parties to remedy a breach that may have occurred to the disadvantage of the other party.
“The draft notice does not talk about any drastic step, but merely appropriate consequences. This is not a decision of great magnitude and in fact, on the other hand, not sending a notice may turn out to be a decision of great magnitude since it may have the possible effect of closing an option that may be available to the BCCI within a given time frame. Further, not sending the notice in time may amount to dereliction of duty on my part.’’
On the topic of selecting the team for the Champions Trophy, Choudhary said that the “interest of our players is paramount to us and any suggestion to the contrary by anyone would be utterly devoid of merit. The BCCI or its member units have not lost sight of anything.
“I would also like to assure you that till an agreement is in place, the BCCI will do everything it can to honour the agreement and I had even kept you informed on all decisions in this regard including the selection of the team for the ensuing Champions Trophy.”
