DUBAI – The ICC has turned down the BCCI’s proposal for member countries to“sever” ties with other members that harbour terrorism, saying the ICC wasnot the appropriate forum to take such decisions.
The proposal came in a letter sent by the BCCI soon after the terror attackin Pulwama, in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, in whichmore than 40 paramilitary troops were killed and for which a Pakistan-basedterrorist group claimed responsibility, reported *Cricinfo.link*
ESPNcricinfo understands that Shashank Manohar, the ICC chairman, broughtup the matter towards the end of the quarterly Board meeting on Saturdayand said it would not be possible to follow that proposal.
It is understood that Amitabh Choudhury, the BCCI’s acting secretary andits representative at the ICC Board, did not bring up the letter during themeetings.
Manohar raised the topic himself, briefing the Board about receiving theBCCI letter and saying that the ICC’s primary duty concerned cricket.
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The letter was sent on February 22 by Rahul Johri, the BCCI chief executiveofficer, and marked to Manohar along with ICC CEO David Richardson and theECB chairman Colin Graves.
Johri mentioned that the letter was being sent at the behest of thethree-member Committee of Administrators (CoA), the supervisory authorityof the BCCI till fresh elections are conducted.
Before sending the letter to the ICC, the CoA chairman Vinod Rai had evenoverseen a draft version calling for a complete ban on Pakistan from theupcoming World Cup.
