June 23, 2008 by Cricket Logger

BCCI is continuing to put pressure on world cricket bodies, especifically ECB, to dissociate from ICL, a rival cricket league in India. This is in continuation of the BCCI tactics to lable ICL unathorized.

BCCI (IPL) is the driving force behind the Champions League while the rules for the tournament are currently being framed by Cricket Australia.

Two weeks after the ECB announced the US$5 million Champions League Twenty20 tournament, England are in danger of not being part of the event with the BCCI officially deciding on Sunday to bar players associated with the "unauthorised" Indian Cricket League (ICL). 

The Champions League was announced by England in a press release on June 7 which said that the ECB, Cricket Australia, the BCCI and Cricket South Africa had "reached an agreement for the staging of the inaugural Champions League this autumn".

The tournament, to be held in September-October, will involve the top two Twenty20 domestic teams from participating nations. Western Australia and Victoria from Australia, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings from the Indian Premier League in India along with the Dolphins and Titans from the Pro20 in South Africa have already qualified.

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June 13, 2008 by Cricket Logger

Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman and commissioner, has firmly ruled out the possibility of any team that includes cricketers associated with the unauthorised Indian Cricket League (ICL) participating in the proposed Champions League Twenty20 tournament, even if these players are dropped just for the event. This implies that those cricketers cannot play even in the domestic tournaments that serve as the qualifying stages for the Champions League.

My question to Mr. Modi is that who is he to decide if  ICL is authorized or not. Is it that only BCCI sponsored bodies are authorized and the rest of the world is unauthorized?

I believe, it is money power of BCCI that is talking. It is very clear from the way he has been dictating his terms that he wants to kill his competition in India. ICL is a competition to IPL. Who the hell is he to tell Champions League body that any team with ICL players will automocatically be disqualified?

I believe, he is threatening the cricket world. He needs to be banned immediately, IMO.

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