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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Board of Control for Cricket in India, Indian Cricket League ready to play ball

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In a dramatic turnaround in policy, a Tuesday meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Dubai saw the president of the all-powerful BCCI — it is estimated that 70 to 80 per cent of global cricket revenue either originates in India or is because of the India market — announce that it was ready to talk to the group it had banned, the Indian Cricket League (ICL).

The ban prevents players like Pakistan’s Imran Farhat and Rana Naved from turning out for their country Rohan Gavaskar and 90 other Indians cannot play for their state or country either.

Till now, the BCCI has been unwilling to have any dialogue with the ICL, banning its players, suspending pensions to former players and stopping ICL access to official cricket grounds.

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