ICC to cross-examine BCCI officials over bilateral Indo-Pak series
A three-day hearing which involves top cricket officials from BCCI and PCB has already begun in Dubai on Monday with ICC authorities questioning former PCB chief Najam Sethi and COO Subhan Ahmad. Former BCCI officials, including ex-president Shashank Manohar, will be examined in the next two days.
The International Cricket Council will go ahead and question former officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in relation to the bilateral Indo-Pak series. The three-day hearing which involved both national governing bodies began at the ICC headquarters in Dubai on Monday with former PCB chairman Najam Sethi and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Subhan Ahmad being cross-examined on day one of the investigations.
The BCCI will have five individuals, former BCCI president Shashank Manohar, ex-COO Sundar Raman, former board secretary Sanjay Patel, former General Manager (cricket) Prof Ratnakar Shetty and the former Union Minister for External Affairs (in the UPA government) Salman Khurshid, who will be cross-examined on day two and day three of the hearing.
Manohar was the president of the BCCI when the ICC’s Future Tours Program (FTP) was
As per TOI reports, Khurshid, who is a lawyer himself, will highlight the UPA government’s views at the hearing in Dubai and why hosting Pakistan in India or playing cricket in Pakistan was not feasible at the given time.
Due to the absence of any bilateral cricket between the two countries, a case of dispute arose when PCB blamed the BCCI last year over non-participation and filed an official complaint with the ICC. PCB authorities sought damages from India to the tune of US$70m. The ICC disputes panel is being chaired by Michael Beloff QC, an English barrister,
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