BCCI shake-up on cards as Supreme Court approves Lodha recommendations

New Delhi, Jul 18 : Cornered by the Supreme Court’s acceptance of the Lodha Committee recommendations on sweeping reforms, the BCCI is set for a revamp as some of its senior functionaries are staring at the prospect of losing their positions in either the parent or state bodies. The Supreme Court accepted the recommendations, including a bar on ministers and civil servants and those above 70 from becoming BCCI members but left it to Parliament to decide whether the Board should come under RTI and betting on the game be legalised. The Board has been given six months’ time to implement the recommendations. The apex court also accepted the recommendations of the Committee headed by retired Chief Justice of India Justice R M Lodha to have a CAG nominee in BCCI.A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice F M I Kalifulla rejected BCCI’s objection against recommendations for one-state-one-vote and said that states like Maharashtra and Gujarat having more than one cricket associations will have voting rights on rotational basis. “We respect SC’s decision. We will look into how we can implement the Lodha panel recommendations,” senior BCCI functionary and IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla said. “We respect the Supreme Court’s decision. We are studying it,” added the Board’s recently-appointed CEO Rahul Johri, whose appointment was itself a result of Lodha committee recommendations.