By: Tarish Bhatt
The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) has reacted angrily after been snubbed from ICC’s finance committee meeting.
Ajay Shirke, BCCI secretary, termed the snub ‘humiliating’ and said that the board is considering skipping the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, slated to take place next year in England.
“These are the committees where all the important decisions are taken – finance, commerce and chief executives committee. India not having a representative (in those committees) is a humiliation for us,” Shirke said.
“We will tell the ICC, ‘either you amend this or we will decide what to do to protect India’s cricket interests globally’. It could be anything. We may even not play the Champions Trophy.”
“Better sense may prevail, and we may not reach that stage at all. But there are so many options,” he concluded.
This is not all. The Indian Cricket Board is not happy with the budget allocated for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. A budget of $135 million (approx) has been allocated to England for hosting the event.
The budget is three-fold to the amount given to the BCCI hosting the ICC World T20, earlier this year.
