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Mumbai: The governing council of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was reconstituted on Wednesday as part of a shakeup that officials said was aimed at improving governance of the Twenty20 cricket tournament.
The term of the new governing council, which is a sub-committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), was reduced to one year from five years.
The decisions were taken by the BCCI at its annual general meeting, which also appointed interim chairman Chirayu Amin as full-time chief of IPL.
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Arun Jaitley, Rajeev Shukla, Anurag Thakur, Ranjib Biswal, Ajay Shirke and former Indian all-rounder Ravi Shastri were named members of the council.
Veteran Sunil Gavaskar, who was a member of the dissolved council, didn’t figure in the list of new council members. BCCI president Shashank Manohar said the board hadn’t yet managed to speak to Gavaskar to find out whether he would consent to be a member.
The cricketers were earlier paid Rs 1 crore to be a part of the governing council, but the BCCI has now decided that no payment would be made to them.
Manohar told a media briefing that “the rules and constitution of the board were amended and the constitution of the IPL governing council was changed” at the board meeting on Wednesday.
BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan, the board’s president-elect, and Rajeev Shukla, chairman of the media committee, were also present at the briefing.
To ensure better control, other amendments were made to the board constitution. The BCCI secretary would now be the only person authorized to sign contracts on behalf of the board. The BCCI also announced its decision to issue show-cause notices to the owners of three IPL franchisees.
Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab were asked to explain why action should not be taken against them for alleged irregularities and breach of the terms and conditions of the franchise agreement.
The Kochi franchisee, which was embroiled in controversy over its bid for the team, has also been asked to incorporate its joint venture within 10 days or face action from the BCCI. Manohar said the consortium that won the franchise had failed to form a joint venture.
“A dispute has arisen between the five persons in the consortium over shareholding and sweat equity, with each group sending us letters not to recognize the other group,” he said.
Asked if this could lead to a fresh bid for the 10th IPL team, Manohar said nothing was final yet; the board may even conduct the tournament with nine teams.
Manohar announced that most of the deals sanctioned by suspended former commissioner and chairman of the IPL, Lalit Modi, had been cancelled following the discovery of “several irregularities” during the audit of IPL Season 3 accounts.
“The board also decided to lodge a police complaint in the matters of sale of tickets by Ticket Genie, contract with Visual Impact for Security Vans among others,” said a BCCI statement to the media.
At the briefing, Manohar said the deals between IPL and Viacom 18 Pvt. Ltd (for the Colors channel) and Zoom Communications would be called off. Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scinda has been appointed chairman of the finance committee and Farooq Abdullah as chairman of the marketing committee.
The cricket board also decided to withdraw a civil suit filed against former board president Jagmohan Dalmiya for recovery of money. His expulsion from the board was also revoked. Manohar said experts had opined that there were few chances of the suit succeeding so the suit had been withdrawn.
Srinivasan is expected to take over from Manohar next year. Other current office bearers were elected unopposed to their respective positions. Besides Srinivasan and Manohar, treasurer M.P. Pandove and joint secretary Sanjay Jagdale were re-elected for a third term.
Arun Jaitley (north), N.Shivlal Yadav (south) and Arindam Ganguly (east) also managed to retain their seats, while Rajeev Shukla replaced Modi from the central zone and Amin gave way to Niranjan Shah from the west after completing his term.
The report submitted at the AGM showed that the overall income of the BCCI for FY09-10 rose 19% to Rs847 crore from the previous year. However, its prime property IPL incurred a loss of Rs 41.90 crore because of increased expenses stemming from shifting it to South Africa last year. BCCI generated a profit of Rs 39.27 crore through the Champions League T-20 tournament, according to its annual report.
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In a major overhaul of the Indian Premier League, the BCCI on Tuesday dropped cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar from the Twenty20 league’s Governing Council, which was reduced to a seven-member panel with a tenure of just one year instead of five.
It is without doubt one of India’s best stadiums.
However, it won’t stay that way in the future.
Ever since hosting its first international match a One-dayer featuring India and South Africa [ Images ] in November 1993 – the Punjab [ Images ] Cricket Association (PCA) stadium in Mohali has been everyone’s favourite.
It has since hosted 16 ODIs and nine tests, and been the home to Indian Premier League [ Images ] (IPL) franchise King’s XI Punjab.
Not for long though.
The PCA, facing parking constraints as also the venue being surrounded by residential areas, is going ahead with its plan to build a brand new cricket stadium in Mullanpur, on the outskirts of Chandigarh.
The body has purchased 42 acres of land in New Chandigarh to realize this dream, the dream of building a modern and spacious venue with adequate parking space and state-of-the-art infrastructure.
“Everyone is telling us this place (Mohali) is one of the best. But we have decided to go to a place that will have all the modern facilities,” explained PCA president IS Bindra.
The former BCCI president was categorical in accepting that Mohali had outlived its utility.
“Lord’s (world’s oldest cricket venue) was built more than 100 years ago and it still remains a lasting structure,” reasoned Bindra, adding, “But this stadium is having problems.”
Having decided to go ahead with its plans, the PCA has also put two proposals before the state government, under which it is willing to concede possession of the Mohali facility to the government if the latter agrees to pay for it.
This arrangement with the government, if it materializes, would help the PCA ensure part of the money required to build the Mullanpur facility.
The body has also set itself a two-year period for the purpose. And the new project has also ensured the postponement of an impending retirement.
“I have reluctantly agreed to continue till the new stadium is conceptualized,” admitted Bindra.
And for those who are fond of the existing facility at Mohali, it is all about enjoying the future matches at the venue and witness it being phased out in the near future.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s AGM decided to serve show cause notices on Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab (both part of the first three editions of the IPL) for violating the terms and conditions of the franchise agreement and the Kochi franchise to incorporate its joint venture into a company within ten days.
“There’s no legal entity so far with regard to the Kochi franchise (won by Rendevouz Sports World at $333 million). There’s a dispute on share holding and sweat equity matters between the two groups in the five-member consortium. They are not able to resolve those issues. Both the groups have written to us (BCCI) saying that we should not recognise the other group. The BCCI cannot work with such a franchise. They have deposited $33 million (for IPL 2011), but we cannot deal with two groups. We have to take immediate action and this will depend on their replies. This will happen before the auction sometime in November,” said Shashank Manohar, President, BCCI.
Manohar went to the extent of saying that the BCCI will cancel their franchise in the event of not receiving an appropriate response to the show cause notice.
“We will give them a time frame. We cannot work with two groups. We may play (IPL season 4) with nine or even eight teams,” said Manohar.
Elected unopposed as President for the third year, Manohar began the press conference saying, “The AGM was a smooth affair. All decisions were unanimous. The AGM carried out amendments and brought down the term of office of the IPL Governing Council from five years to one year.”
The AGM decided that no payment shall be made to any member of the IPL GC. The three cricketers in the previous GC received Rs. 1 crore each for a year. I spoke to Ravi Shastri and he has agreed to work in honorary capacity. I have not spoken to either Sunil Gavaskar or Pataudi,” said Manohar, who has been authorised to get the consent of one more cricketer to work in honorary capacity in the GC. A handful of BCCI members said that Gavaskar is unlikely to be part of the new GC because of the no-payment resolution adopted at the AGM.
When asked to respond to reports that Gavaskar had asked for Rs. 5 crore or $1 million for an IPL season, Manohar said: “You have to ask Gavaskar.”
Apart from appointing standing and sub-committees and Anil Kumble as Chairman of the National Cricket Academy, the BCCI also decided to withdraw the civil suit filed against former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya in 2006.
“The civil suit against him was with regard to the recovery of PILCOM money. We consulted Manojkumar Mukerjee (retired judge of the Supreme Court) and Soli Sorabjee and they felt that there was very little chance of the BCCI succeeding in the civil suit. The BCCI felt it was unnecessary to spend money on a litigation which the BCCI was not likely to succeed.
Mr. Dalmiya also applied for revocation of the expulsion notice of 2006 and that was also granted.”
The BCCI awarded the second Test (Nov. 12-16) against New Zealand to the Hyderabad Cricket Association.
In the revised schedule Jaipur and Baroda will stage the second and third one-day internationals against New Zealand. The AGM decided to cancel certain IPL related contracts and lodge a police complaint in connection with the sale of tickets by Ticket Genie and Visual Impact for security Vans
The BCCI Committees: Principal office-bearers: Shashank Manohar (President), N. Srinivasan (Secretary), S. Jagdale (Jt. Secretary), M.P. Pandove (Treasurer), Vice-Presidents: Niranjan Shah, Rajiv Shukla, Arindam Ganguly, Arun Jaitley, Shivlal Yadav.
IPL sub-committee: Chirayu Amin (Chairman), Arun Jaitley, Rajiv Shukla, Anurag Thakur, Ranjib Biswal, Ajay Shirke, Ravi Shastri and the BCCI’s Principal office-bearers (Messrs. Manohar, Srinivasan, Jagdale and Pandove). The BCCI President will nominate one more cricketer of repute.
Senior National Selection Committee: K. Srikkanth (Chairman), Yashpal Sharma, Narendra Hirwani, Surendra Bhave and Raja Venkat.
Junior Selection Committee: Abey Kuruvilla (Chairman), Rajib Deb Barman, Venka Pratap, Pritam Gandhe and Arun Sharma.
Selection Committee: Women: Vrinda Bhagat (Chairperson), Rita Dey, Reshma Gandhi, Savita Nirala, Gargi Banerjee, Vrinda Bhagat.
Technical Committee: Sunil Gavaskar (Chairman), Prem Thakur, P.R. Ashokanand, Goutam Dasgupta, Madhav Ranade, Vijay Naidu, K. Srikkanth, Sourav Ganguly, V.K. Ramaswamy, N. Srinivasan (Secretary/convenor).
Cricket Development Committee: Dilip Vengsarkar (Chairman), Arshad Ayub, Chetan Chauhan, Pranob Roy, Prashant Vaidya.
WTA Top 10: Who’s here to stay?
Is women’s tennis going to see something different in the next season? The top 10 players in the Women’s Tennis Association include Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Venus Williams, Vera Zvonareva, Kim Clijsters, Jelena Jankovic, Samantha Stosur, Francesca
Schiavone, Agnieszka Radwanska and Elena Dementieva in the descending order. However, radical changes are closing in.
With only 6 weeks to go before the WTA Championships, the foremost debate in the world of women’s tennis these days is whether or not the ever elusive world number one Serena Williams will return this season. The last tournament she competed in was the Wimbledon
Championships in which she emerged as the victor. However, after that win, she suffered a bizarre foot injury which forced her to withdraw from every tournament till date. Although Serena has never been much of a fall player, she is under great pressure from
tour officials to participate in the WTA Championships. She has also talked about possibly participating in the Fed Cup against Italy, but it is as yet not clear
Caroline Wozniacki has so far had a good run this year, being one of the two younger players in the top 10. At 20, she has accomplished a lot this year, undermined only in the 2010 US Open semi-finals, proving that she is as yet a learning player; during
her loss to world number four Vera Zvonareva.
6 players who seem to be completely assured in the top 10 positions include Caroline Wozniacki, the Williams sisters, Kim Clijsters, Zvonareva and possibly Sam Stosur. Players such as Francesca Schiavone and Jelena Jankovic may still be required to make
some effort to retain their places, although solid performances in Asian tournaments may secure their spots. For players who may have been suffering a bad run this year, such as Elena Dementieva, Na Li or Maria Sharapova – who played below their standards
this year – there is good news. With Serena Williams possibly out of the running and Kim Clijsters indecisive due to a surgical operation, the competition is drastically reduced. With two of the upper tier players bowing out of this round, outside players
may stand a great chance of recovering a top 10 position.
Players such as Agnieszka Radwanska and Victoria Azarenka could play at Doha at the end of the WTA Championships, but the advisability of playing is questionable. Both of them have played remarkable tournaments this year, but they may be in danger of burning
out. Azarenka already suffered a concussion during the US Open, while Radwanska may have overplayed herself this year. Stosur and Jankovic, on the other hand, would benefit from big tournaments; Stosur, because it would increase her own confidence after her
abominable loss to Clijsters at the US Open quarter finals, and the Serbian player because she seems to have imploded since her semi-final against Stosur at Roland Garros. Another player to watch out for is former world number one Ana Ivanovic, who has already
stated that she would like to finish the year with one title, as a boost to her own game.
Surprisingly enough, this year’s WTA season is oddly reminiscent of 2009. In both the years, Serena captured the Australian Open and Wimbledon, while Clijsters seized the US Open. One major difference however, is Schiavone’s success at the French Open, where
she – most likely for the only time in her career – won the Championship.
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