da heads bet： The Board of Control for Cricket in India expects to get in the next10 days a proposal from the Asian Cricket Council regarding the AsianTest Championship tournament and would then write to the Governmentseeking permission for the Indian teams’
da bwin： 23-Jun-2001The Board of Control for Cricket in India expects to get in the next10 days a proposal from the Asian Cricket Council regarding the AsianTest Championship tournament and would then write to the Governmentseeking permission for the Indian teams’ tour to Pakistan.”We expect the proposal from the ACC in the next 10 days – either bythe end of this month or in the first week of the next month,” BCCIsecretary Jaywant Lele told PTI on the phone from Baroda. “Once thedetailed ATC programme is received, we will send the tour proposal tothe Sports Ministry,” he said.According to the tentative ATC schedule, India is expected to clashwith Pakistan in Karachi from September 13 to 17.The sending of the proposal by BCCI to the Government is likely tocoincide with the visit of Gen Parvez Musharraf, who has just takenover as the President of Pakistan.Asked whether the two months time left for the Septemberto-Februarytournament would be enough for the clearance to be obtained from theGovernment, Lele said “It is not a simple invitation that we wouldreceive from the ACC.”The proposal will contain details of the match fee, guarantee money,the venues where the matches are to be played. It is not a simpleinvitation. It has to contain all details of the matches,” he saidadding “We have to send the proposal to the Government 45 days beforethe start of an overseas tournament.”Asked whether he expected the Government to clear the tour in view ofthe recent stand not to play against Pakistan in bilateral matches,Lele said “We will send the proposal once we receive the detailedinvitation. The rest of the decision is for the Government to take.”The Sports Ministry had recently taken objection to BCCI’s unilateralstatement that India would participate in ATC. It had said it wasGovernment’s prerogative to decide whether India would participate inthe tournament or not and the Board could only make a formal requestin this regard.However, the Government had allowed Indian teams to play againstPakistan teams in other disciplines on both sides of the border.Meanwhile, the ACC accepted the Indian demand that the final of theATC be played in one of the two countries figuring in that match andnot in Dhaka as originally scheduled.”The Indian Board made a categorical demand that the ATC final shouldbe hosted by one of the two contesting countries and Dhaka could holdit only if Bangladesh was a finalist,” Lele, who had just returnedafter attending the three-day ICC Executive Board meeting in London,said.The Indian demand was discussed at the ACC meeting which was held aspart of the ICC Executive Board meeting.
