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[ad_1] File image of the BCCI logo© AFPThe BCCI has confirmed its AGM (Annual General Meeting) will be held on October 18. According to a notification sent by BCCI secretary Jay Shah, the AGM will be held in Mumbai. Women's IPL is one of the important items on the agenda circulated to the state associations on Thursday evening. Also on the agenda are election to the office-bearers: president, vice-president, secretary, joint secretary and treasurer.High on the agenda will also be election of India's representative at the International Cricket Council.The two candidates as of now are 77-year-old former BCCI strongman N Srinivasan and the 50-year-old current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. There are 29 points on the agenda.PromotedThere will be election of two representatives (one male and ...

[ad_1] BCCI is looking to introduce its Impact Player rule, which will allow teams to use one tactical substitute in each match in the IPL, after it is smoothly implemented in the domestic men's T20 tournament, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), which will begin on October 11. The BCCI clarified the idea of its Impact Player rule, which would let teams deploy one tactical substitute every game, in an email to its state associations.As per ESPNcricinfo, the BCCI has been eager to introduce the tactical substitute in the IPL for the past few years but has decided it would be wise to do so in the SMAT first.If all goes as planned, the Impact Player replacement will appear in IPL 2023."With the ever-growing popularity of T20 cricket, it is imperative that we look at introducing new dimensio...

[ad_1] Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah have got the mandate to continue for another three years in the BCCI but it is former president N Srinivasan who has been at the centre of attention following Supreme Court's decision to allow modifications relating to the age-cap of 70 years for ICC representation. The Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the way for its president Ganguly and secretary Shah to continue in office without having to serve the mandatory cooling-off period. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli said that an office bearer can have a continuous tenure of 12 years which includes six years in State Association and six years in BCCI before the cooling-off period of three years triggers.While the lifting of cooling-off period will allow the office-bearers to continue, the...

[ad_1] BCCI is an autonomous body and it cannot micro-manage its functioning, observed the Supreme Court on Tuesday. It also asked the apex cricket body of the country the reason behind wanting people above 70 years to represent the nation in the ICC. The remarks by the apex court were made during the hearing on the Board's plea seeking to amend its constitution concerning the tenure of its office bearers including its president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah by doing away with the mandatory cooling-off period between tenures of office bearers across state cricket associations and the BCCI.The top court, which said that the cooling off period will not be scrapped between the tenures of office bearers as "the purpose of the cooling off period is that there should be no vested inter...

[ad_1] Kolkata and Ahmedabad will host the knockout stages of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) and Vijay Hazare Trophy, respectively, while the BCCI will conduct two Irani Cup ties over the next months.SMAT, the domestic T20 event, will take place from October 11 to November 5 while the Vijay Hazare one-day competition will run from November 12 to December 2. Lucknow, Indore, Rajkot, Punjab and Jaipur will host the league stage of SMAT while Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata and Ranchi will stage the Vijay Hazare league fixtures.The BCCI is conducting a full-fledged domestic season for the first time since 2020.As reported by PTI on Sunday, the Board also confirmed that the two Irani Cup ties will be held at the start and end of season.The 2020 Ranji Trophy champions Saurashtra will host R...