CoA urges state cricket units to adopt Justice Lodha panel reforms

CoA chief Vinod Rai

CoA chief Vinod Rai

The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) yesterday urged all state cricket associations to adopt the Justice Lodha Committee reforms on the eve of today's Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Special General Meeting in Mumbai.

The CoA had zone-wise meetings with the state units and discussed various points. "They put their points across and we (CoA) put ours. We requested them to come to a conclusion as soon as possible," said a CoA member after the meeting.

When asked about the reservations raised by the state units, the CoA member said: "Points like one-state-one-vote, three-member selection committee, age tenure and cooling off periods were discussed."

Former BCCI president N Srinivasan (72) and the Board's ex-secretary Niranjan Shah (73), who are ineligible to be cricket administrators, were present during CoA's meeting with Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and Saurashtra CA respectively.

GS Walia, who represented Punjab Cricket Association, said his association is ready to accept all recommendations.

"Nobody wants any confrontation. We also want things to be sorted out. Whatever the Supreme Court says, we will agree and will implement them (Lodha committee recommendations). We have conveyed this to the CoA," said Walia.

However, Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) president Abhay Apte told mid-day that they have yet to take a decision on it. "They (CoA) only advised us about what they felt. We will discuss our reservations and make our decision at tomorrow's SGM," said Apte yesterday.