ICC President Agrees To Meet ICL Officials
ICC president agrees to hear the case of officials of ICL. Indian Cricket League is owned by Indian businessman, Subhash Chandra. Subhash Chandra would meet the president of ICC, David Morgan in London, most probably in the first week of October.
David Morgan would report back to the board of directors of ICC to decide about future course of action. Mr. Morgan has informed all members of ICC about the next meeting to be held in Dubai. It is learnt that ICL is starting domestic and international twenty20 tournaments on October 10.
The business head of ICL, Himanshu Mody welcomed the decision of ICC to address their grievances. It is pertinent to mention that the owner of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and ICL wants unofficial authorization for this league. ICL wants concession under rule 32 of the ICC operations manual.
The Stanford venture in the West Indies and Sixes tournament of Hong Kong are already working under same rule 32 of ICC. Interestingly, BCCI do not recognize ICL and banned all ICL players to take part in all official cricket tournaments.
It has also banned the use of its grounds and other utilities for ICL matches. Now, the future course of action depends on the meeting between the officials of ICC and ICL.