BCCI President, Treasurer Kept in Dark About Afghan Test Date

BCCI’s acting president & treasurer were not kept in the loop over the scheduling of Afghanistan’s first Test match.

The difference in opinion among BCCI top brass once again came to the fore as acting president CK Khanna, treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry and senior member Rajiv Shukla were apparently not kept in the loop over the scheduling of the historic Test against Afghanistan.

BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary and CEO Rahul Johri announced that Bengaluru will host the memorable Test between India and Afghanistan from 14-18 June. It will be Afghanistan's first-ever five-day match.

The normal convention as per BCCI constitution is that any decision with regards to venue and date of international matches is taken by tours and fixtures sub-committee.

President, secretary and treasurer are ex-officio members of that committee while Shukla, a senior Congressman is also a part of that panel.

Yes, neither secretary nor treasurer was kept in the loop about the decision as one needs to call a sub-committee meeting as per protocol. The decision to play Afghanistan was taken at the general body forum (SGM in December) and now the members were bypassed when date and venue is announced.

Senior BCCI Official

While Shukla was unavailable for comment, it can be confirmed that even he was not in the know of things.

BCCI CEO Rahul Johri was unavailable for comment but an official close to secretary Choudhary said that as of now there is no requirement of taking any permission from the tours and fixtures committee.

"The secretary has been entrusted with the powers of taking a decision on all ICC matters," an official close to a ruling faction said.

However, the aggrieved members believe that Supreme Court, when it gave its views on ICC matters, meant that it was pertaining to world governing council meetings and not international fixtures.

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