Surprise, surprise! BCCI to move SC over difficulties of implementing Lodha panel reforms

Pushed into a tight corner by the recommended sweeping reforms to its structure by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Committee, BCCI’s members would meet in Mumbai on Friday at a Special General Meeting to discuss the report’s implementation. Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India will file an affidavit in Supreme Court, pointing out difficulties in implementing Lodha Committee recommendations. Key points discussed in the BCCI SGM: - BCCI to file affidavit in Supreme Court, pointing out difficulties in implementing Lodha Committee recommendations - BCCI gives full member status to Chhattisgarh, to play Ranji Trophy from next season. - BCCI to hire agency to start the search for a new CEO and CFO - Bihar Cricket Association, has been granted the status of associate member while unsanctioned Cricket Association of Bihar, whose secretary Aditya Verma became the face of the IPL spot-fixing petition and anti N Srinivasan movement, was given the cold shoulder BCCI’s decision to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court pointing out the “anomalies and difficulties” in implementing the Justice Lodha Committee recommendations on the restructuring of the cricket board was unanimous. The Lodha Committee has recommended wide ranging sweeping reforms in the BCCI including having only one vote per state, age cap of its officials, no simultaneous posts in state and national body along with restrictions on “The Members authorised the Honorary Secretary BCCI to file an affidavit in the Hon’ble Supreme Court on behalf of the BCCI pointing out the anomalies and difficulties encountered in implementation of Hon’ble Justice Lodha Committee’s recommendations,” the BCCI said in a release after the meeting.