CHENNAI: The Players’ Association, recommended by the Lodha panel recommendations, is finally taking shape.
The Hindu quotes Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials as saying that the first step in this direction is a meeting to be held in Mumbai this Thursday. The meeting will be attended by former Test cricketers Kapil Dev, Aunshuman Gaekwad, Bharath Reddy and Shantha Rangaswamy as the women’s representative. Former Home Secretary G K Pillai, along with BCCI Chief Executive Officer Rahul Johri, will assist the committee in establishing the administrative process, says the report.
One member of the Players’ Association will have to be included in the Apex Council which would be taking important decisions related to cricket matters, the Lodha recommendations say.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) had initially recommended Kapil, Mohinder Amarnath, Anil Kumble and Diana Edulji in the steering committee to help form the association as per Lodha Panel recommendations. Kumble however withdrew since he had taken over as the India chief coach, while Amarnath expressed his unwillingness for personal reasons. Edulji could not accept the offer because she was included in the CoA, the report says.
