BCCI seek legal advice on West Indies pullout
Amol Karhadkar
October 17, 2014
The BCCI has called an emergent working committee meeting in Hyderabad on October 21 to discuss the consequences of West Indies' decision to pull out of the India tour after the Dharamsala ODI. The working committee will decide on whether the BCCI will take legal action against the WICB.
"We have referred the matter to our legal cell and asked them to let us know by the 21st about how we can pursue the issue legally," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel told ESPNcricinfo. "They have entered into a bilateral agreement with us, and they have abandoned the tour due to their internal issues, so we will have to seek compensation. But depending on the legal advice, the working committee will decide the future course of action."
The working committee, in consultation with the tour, programme and fixtures committee, will also decide the itinerary of the series against Sri Lanka. It remains to be seen if all the five venues that were supposed to host the remaining games in the series against West Indies - Kolkata, Cuttack, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Ahmedabad - will be allotted a match each in the alternate series.
At the moment, only Kolkata is assured of a match. "It had been decided to award a match to CAB following their request to host an international match to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Eden Gardens, so Kolkata will stage a match," Patel said. He also confirmed that the annual Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi lecture, which was to be delivered by VVS Laxman in Kolkata on October 20, will be rescheduled and be held ahead of the Kolkata ODI.
Amol Karhadkar
October 17, 2014
The BCCI has called an emergent working committee meeting in Hyderabad on October 21 to discuss the consequences of West Indies' decision to pull out of the India tour after the Dharamsala ODI. The working committee will decide on whether the BCCI will take legal action against the WICB.
"We have referred the matter to our legal cell and asked them to let us know by the 21st about how we can pursue the issue legally," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel told ESPNcricinfo. "They have entered into a bilateral agreement with us, and they have abandoned the tour due to their internal issues, so we will have to seek compensation. But depending on the legal advice, the working committee will decide the future course of action."
The working committee, in consultation with the tour, programme and fixtures committee, will also decide the itinerary of the series against Sri Lanka. It remains to be seen if all the five venues that were supposed to host the remaining games in the series against West Indies - Kolkata, Cuttack, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Ahmedabad - will be allotted a match each in the alternate series.
At the moment, only Kolkata is assured of a match. "It had been decided to award a match to CAB following their request to host an international match to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Eden Gardens, so Kolkata will stage a match," Patel said. He also confirmed that the annual Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi lecture, which was to be delivered by VVS Laxman in Kolkata on October 20, will be rescheduled and be held ahead of the Kolkata ODI.
