BCCI left helpless in CEO meeting as ICC pushes for new FTP
While the buzz surrounding Sourav Ganguly becoming the BCCI president is at a fever pitch, the BCCI is left helpless at ICC as Manu Sawhney pushed for a new FTP. Rahul Johri informed ICC that 'it will only be prudent for the new BCCI members to deliberate on this issue before the final decision.'
Last night, the state associations met for an informal meeting in Mumbai to deliberate on the candidates for the BCCI elections, where it came out that Sourav Ganguly had the unanimous support to win it uncontested. While the meeting was going on in Mumbai, BCCI suffered a big embarrassment when Manu Sawhney pushed the new FTP for approval despite reservations from CA, ECB, NZC and WICB.
According to a report on the Times of India, BCCI CEO Rahul Johri was also present at the chief executives meeting in Mumbai and is learnt to have opposed Sawhney's decision, by informing that "BCCI elections are presently underway and it will only be prudent for the new board members to deliberate and provide their inputs on this issue before any final decision is taken."
Despite CoA debarring Amitabh Choudhary from functioning as acting secretary, the BCCI is being illegally represented at the ICC by the former JSCA official. Hence, he will most likely abstain from casting a vote in the FTP matter as sources at the ICC meeting told TOI that Johri and CEOs from other member boards were sidelined by Sawhney's office.
"Here, the issue is that BCCI is being illegally represented at the ICC by Amitabh Choudhary from Jharkhand. The COA has barred him from functioning as acting secretary and he has no business being in Dubai. But it is at the ICC chairman's behest that he's gone there. Now, he will most likely abstain from casting a vote on the FTP matter and ICC will have enough votes to pass it," sources said.
Currently, the ICC CEO had presented the plan of a World Cup every three years and a World T20 every two years - an idea that India, England, and Australia were clearly opposed to considering it would affect their bilateral arrangements. However, ICC added that "more ICC tournaments will mean more money for member boards" and Sawhney has been driving the idea forward, which hasn't gone down well with the "Big Three members".
"What Manohar and Sawhney don't understand is that this decision will drive a wedge through the cricketing fraternity across the globe. From member boards to broadcasters to sponsors - this idea is not acceptable to anyone except boards like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh that are expecting a sudden windfall", sources said.
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