BCCI opposes idea of getting ICC approval for domestic events
A BCCI official has stated that the board doesn't want to go through the process of getting approval from ICC for hosting its domestic events. Recently, the ICC has proposed a regulation wherein an international player will play in just one T20 league outside the one conducted by the parent board.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently came up with the proposal that an international player will be capped to play in just one T20 league outside the league conducted by his parent board and shouldn’t be allowed to play more than that to keep the fairness of international cricket alive. However, the BCCI doesn't want to go through the process of getting approval for hosting its domestic events, with IPL being the focal point considering it is totally run by the board and there shouldn’t be any outside interference.
"The regulations put forward by the ICC suggest that all boards have to get a sanction for conducting their domestic tournaments - be it the IPL, Big Bash, the upcoming The Hundred or even the other domestic tournaments like the Ranji Trophy and other premier domestic tournaments. BCCI feels that ICC should have very little role in conducting domestic tournaments," a top BCCI official told TOI.
Not only the BCCI, other boards like England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia (CA) have also objected to the proposal as they feel it doesn’t give the independent governance to the cricket board and their domestic structure.
"It is felt that that capping of an international player would mean active players from countries which don't offer strong contracts like BCCI, CA and ECB, would retire from international cricket. For example, an Andre Russell would not want to miss out on making money just to play for West Indies as the WICB won't even come close to compensating him financially through its central contract," the official reasoned.
Earlier in June 2018, the ICC had set up a working group to consider granting sanction to events and release of players. The primary purpose of the group was to address members' concerns regarding the proliferation of domestic T20 and other short-form leagues around the world. The BCCI official stated that there needs to be a check on the proliferating leagues for associate members but the full members should be kept aside.
"It's true that there needs to be a check on the proliferating leagues but that doesn't mean a board like BCCI will have to go through ICC to conduct its own domestic tournaments. ICC can do it with the associate members but 10 full members adhere to the basic standards. ECB and CA are also of the same opinion," the BCCI official claimed.
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