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BCCI meet to discuss ICC letter tomorrow

By G. Viswanath

LONDON SEPT. 5. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has convened a special working committee meeting in New Delhi on Saturday to consider a letter sent to it by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in connection with the ICC Champions Trophy 2002 to be played in Colombo from September 12 to 29.

After a three-hour meeting with the Indian players, Saurav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble and their representative, Ravi Shastri, the ICC CEO, Malcolm Speed, suggested four options: cancel the tournament; proceed with the tournament without India; proceed with the tournament with the best available Indian team; and accept the proposals of the Indian cricket team here.

The ICC has told the BCCI that ideally the fourth option should be accepted. This necessitates compensating the Indian players for withdrawing from personal endorsements for companies that conflict with the Champions Trophy sponsors. The ICC has also said that the liability of the tournament sponsor has to be covered should there be a need.

Most of the other cricket Boards have agreed to pay between 25 and 30 per cent of the participating money of $8.8 million from the two events in the Champions Trophy and the World Cup. It is possible that the players might have sought a heavy compensation running into crores of rupees. The ICC was perhaps told by the players that since the home series against the West Indies immediately follows the Champions Trophy they will not be in a position to agree to the post event 30-day bar from appearing in advertising and promotional activities of companies they are committed to. An ICC spokesman said there were "serious issues" to be considered and lot of people to be talked to before finding a way out.

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