BCCI has become a punching bag: Anurag Thakur

04/22/2016

The BCCI's secretary Anurag Thakur has insisted that the IPL has become a 'logistical nightmare' following the change in venues that was forced upon them by the Bombay High Court. He has also revealed that the IPL's governing council will soon decide on whether to hold IPL 10 in India or abroad.

"The BCCI has become a punching bag and the rise in PILs in courts against IPL has led to huge losses. The board has suffered and the teams have suffered due to cancellation of air tickets and hotel bookings. There is also the issue of TV crew being shifted around to new venues. In this backdrop, the IPL's governing council will meet soon to decide on the ideal venue for season 10. We will decide whether we can hold it in India or abroad.

"Something or the other keeps coming up, resulting in huge financial losses. It is becoming a logistical nightmare. We have to find a solution to this," Anurag Thakur told Cricbuzz.

Days after the Bombay High Court’s order to shift IPL matches in the month of May out of drought-hit Maharashtra, the cash-rich league could find itself in trouble in Rajasthan as well. A PIL seeking the shifting of IPL matches out of Jaipur is scheduled to come before the court on Thursday. Thakur said that all the state associations have been asked to adopt water-harvesting and preserve resources.

"We offered to use water from the sewage treatment plant and also offered monetary help for drought-hit Maharashtra. But it meant nothing. Now, more PILs are coming in...We have asked all state associations to adopt water-harvesting to conserve precious natural resource," he added.

Earlier Mumbai Indians had opted for the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur as their alternate homeground for the month of May.