ICC is free to take global events out of India for tax exemption, says BCCI official

There has been a lot of discussion between the ICC and BCCI officials regarding tax exemptions over the last few years. In the recent ICC quarterly meeting in Dubai, the world body had asked the BCCI to get tax exemption from the Indian government to host ICC tournaments like World T20 in 2021 and ODI World Cup in 2023. The ICC had also made it clear to the BCCI that if the board fails to get the exemption from the government, then it will have the bear the liability.

"Those in-charge of administration are trying to take policy decisions without jurisdiction to do so. The ICC will find it difficult to hold the BCCI to those decisions since a lot of these decisions do not have the approval of the board."

“It was found earlier that the ICC had a different contract with different member boards. For example, Cricket Australia was only required to make best endeavours to get tax exemption while the BCCI was required to ensure tax exemption. See, this is a result of a situation where the present BCCI is found wanting. The CoA bigwig wants to show that he is in control of things and whenever that happens, the democratic functioning of an organisation is the first casualty,” said another BCCI official. 

"There is no way that the BCCI should agree to this. The ICC cannot, on the one hand, say that they aim to have an inclusive approach and on the other hand look at every possible opportunity to hurt India's interest.”