BCCI Forms Working Group to Study Verdict Suspending Chennai, Rajasthan
The group will be under Indian Premier League chairman Rajeev Shukla and will report their recommendations to the Governing Council in six weeks.
The Governing Council of Indian Premier League (IPL) met here on Sunday to deliberate on the recent order suspending Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. It authorised IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla to constitute a working group which will study the verdict and submit its recommendations in six weeks.
Following is the official media release from issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India:
* BCCI respects the verdict of the Lodha Commission and will abide by their decisions, in toto.
* The members recognised that there is an urgent need to understand the impact of this decision and the wider ramifications for BCCI in detail, so as to uphold the paramountcy of the game in our country.
* The IPL GC hence authorised the Chairman, Shri Rajeev Shukla, to constitute a working group which will study this verdict, in consultation with all our key advisors and explore all the possible measures to be adopted, with an objective to protect the interests of all the stakeholders involved. ÂÂ
* This group will work within a time bound period of 6 weeks and report their recommendations to the IPL GC, which will deliberate and share their views with the working committee of the BCCI, for further action.