Indian delegates for ICC meeting
Over the years, it has been customary for the Board of Control for Cricket in India to send two representatives to the annual ICC meeting at Lord's, generally held in June-July
Partab Ramchand
20-Jun-2000
Over the years, it has been customary for the Board of
Control for Cricket in India to send two representatives to
the annual ICC meeting at Lord's, generally held in June-July.
Convention has it that the president and secretary attend the
meeting. But then these days the game is very different from the
days when De Mello and Vizzy attended the meetings in the forties
and fifties. Those days, in less troubled times, the ICC meetings
were more or less routine.
These days the meetings are full of strategy and counter strategy.
Or one upmanship as it is called. A matter of survival really. And
so it is not surprising that at the height of the match fixing controversy in which Indian cricket figures strongly, the BCCI
is sending three high profile delegates to attend the forthcoming
ICC meeting. The president, AC Muthiah, the secretary JY Lele and
the treasurer KM Rungta will leave for London later this week.
Of course, while the match fixing scandal will no doubt figure prominently, the Indian trio will also have other items on
their agenda. There are various sub committee meetings of the ICC
and also the Asian Council meeting. Also, Lele is on the committee
for finalising the tour programme for the next five years. But
above all, the Indian trio will be trying to evolve a strategy
as to how to corner South African cricket boss Ali Bacher at the meeting. Bacher on his part is an experienced administrator, even
if he does have his hands full at the moment with his country
figuring prominently in the match fixing episode. One thing is
sure. Sparks are bound to fly.