The mood in the Board seems to be in favour of continuation of the tour, though it is more or less clear that it would not settle to anything less than the approval of its two-point demand.
Top brass of BCCI, ICC and CA are constantly in touch to rescue the series
MUMBAI: Will the Indian Board pull the plug from the tour of Australia? That’s a question no one in the Board of Control for Cricket in India was willing to take till late Monday night.
“We’ve not decided yet. We’ll take a decision on Tuesday,” was all Niranjan Shah, BCCI secretary, would reveal, adding that everything would be clear after the working committee meeting.
The mood in the Board seems to be in favour of continuation of the tour, though it is more or less clear that it would not settle to anything less than the approval of its two-point demand.
In the event of a pullout, the matter will be referred to the International Cricket Council’s disputes resolution committee and as a defaulting party, the BCCI may have to, as per the ICC rule, shell out $2 million. Besides, the BCCI will also have to pay damages to Cricket Australia for its loss of advertisement and television revenue as no Board can pull out of a series on any ground other than a security threat.
The other fallout could be that Australia’s tour of India in October-November could also be in jeopardy. Which means loss of revenue to the Indian board.
For the recent Pakistan tour, the BCCI is believed to have earned approximately Rs 300 crore for the five Tests and three ODIs from Nimbus, its official media partner. The BCCI could suffer a loss of at least Rs 100-125 crore by conservative estimation, if the tour is cancelled.
But insiders in the BCCI say things may not come that far. At the time of going to press, the top brass of the BCCI, ICC and Cricket Australia were in serious parleys over ways to resolve the impasse.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah is in constant torch with ICC’s general manager Dav Richardson, Cricket Australia’s CEO James Sutherland and ICC CEO Malcolm Speed. Speed is right now in Australia on a holiday.
However, sources in the BCCI maintain that there has been no official communication from the ICC on its appeal so far.
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