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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Puducherry faces more heat from state associations

As per BCCI regulations, players picked for a tournament should be registered at least 24 to 48 hours prior, as proofs have to be verified independently

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The controversy regarding Puducherry's decision to include ineligible outstation players in its team for the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy is getting bigger with each passing day.

A day after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) withdrew its 'special status' to the Union Territory and cancelled the registration of eight ineligible players, the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) demanded that Puducherry's first match be awarded to Manipur as the former won the match by fielding the ineligible players.

DNA has learnt that SCA has written to BCCI's general manager of cricket operations, Saba Karim, citing the selection criteria that has now snowballed into a big controversy.

"If Puducherry team does not have enough local players, they should not participate in the tournaments. We feel that the matches where Puducherry team participated with outstation players more than permitted should be treated as null and void," the letter stated.

In fact, according to BCCI insiders, more state associations are asking further questions in this regard.

As per BCCI regulations, players picked for a tournament should be registered at least 24 to 48 hours prior, as proofs have to be verified independently.

The other state associations are wondering how the Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) was allowed to name seven players only on Thursday noon, with two of them even taking the field on Friday in their match against Uttarakhand.

It has also been brought to light that another player featured against Uttarakhand despite being registered with the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) first division team Globe Trotters.

This case is similar to that of Puducherry captain D Rohit, who is also registered with TNCA and has yet to receive a no-objection certificate.

Highly-placed sources in the CAP have told DNA that "it received an official word from the BCCI with regards to relaxing the rules".

BCA faces action

Meanwhile, Cricket Association of Bihar secretary Aditya Verma has written to the Committee of Administrators (CoA) asking for action to be taken against affiliated Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) for not adopting the new constitution of the BCCI.

With September 20 being set as the last date to comply with the Supreme Court orders to adopt the new constitution, BCA's inability to do so has made Verma demand an ad-hoc committee for Bihar.

"We are requesting you to kindly constitute an ad-hoc committee in Bihar for the smooth functioning of cricket in the state till the appointment of ombudsman in the BCCI to decide the dispute between the associations as per Justice Lodha recommendations," Verma wrote to COA.

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