Lack of funds puts India-Bangladesh Test, England warm-up games in a spot

Dubai : The ousted top-brass of the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) seem to have commenced their ‘non co-operation movement’ against the Supreme Court’s order by firstly trying all means to disrupt the cricket season that’s presently underway. Having failed to coax the Cricket Club of India from not hosting the England one-day team’s two warm-up matches, they are now finding new ways to create a hassle.
The Supreme Court, in October, had ordered the Indian cricket board to halt all fundings to its state associations until the latter adopted the Lodha panel recommendations in toto. With the Lodha committee implementing administrative reforms in the functioning of the BCCI, including the recent removal of several office bearers, there is plenty of confusion surrounding the Indian cricket board.
Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) informed the BCCI that they could no longer host the one-off Test against Bangladesh next month owing to a lack of funds. The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), seen by many as the flag-bearers of the imminent rebellion, have also written to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri that domestic commitments will not allow them to host two four-day games between India U-19 and England U-19 in February.
The four-day games were scheduled for February 13-16 and February 21-24 in Chennai but TNCA has expressed its inability to host the games due to “domestic programs” scheduled during that period.
“At the outset we thank you for allotting the India-England Under 19 matches to Chennai between 13th and 16th February and 21st to 24th February 2017. However, we regret to inform you that we are unable to host the matches at Chennai due to various domestic programs scheduled during the period,” stated a letter from TNCA to the BCCI.