FICA wants active players in BCCI-approved Indian Cricketers' Association
The Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) has stated that current Indian players should have been included in the Indian Cricketers’ Association (ICA). Last Tuesday, the BCCI approved and recognized the ICA as the official players' body for former Indian cricketers.
With Kapil Dev, former national women’s team captain Shanta Rangaswamy, and ex-Test pacer Ajit Agarkar as directors of Indian Cricketers Association, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has announced that the ICA is a non-profit company limited by guarantee truly a representative of the cricketers will serve a lot of players who come from poor financial background and those who are really needy.
However, the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA), while welcoming the move, stated that current players should have been included in the ICA.
"The formation and recognition of a collective player representative body in India is a positive development. FICA is, however, concerned that members of the association appears to be open only to former players, and not current players,” executive chairman of FICA Tony Irish said in a statement.
"This is at odds with most other players' associations around the world ... whose core focus is the collective representation of current players, in addition to offering support and services for former players."
Irish said that more than 600 current professional players in India will have no representation in the ICA and current Indian players should be a part of the association.
"We believe that the global game would benefit significantly from the existence of a genuinely independent and representative voice for the current Indian players," he said.
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