COA

Supreme Court adjourns BCCI, CoA matter till August 23

It was earlier on Wednesday, that Vinod Rai-led CoA had filed a report to Supreme Court for the removal of BCCI's top brass, which includes acting president CK Khanna, secretary Amitabh Choudhary and treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry. The reasons? They follow the same as what Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke had faced in January, this year – inability to implement the Lodha reforms.

Aug 19, 2017, 10:04 AM IST

COA report on top BCCI office bearers' expenses grabs eyeballs

The COA has given the entire break up in its status report and the expenses under various heads which includes air-fare, TA/DA, accommodation, foreign exchange allowance to name a few.

Aug 16, 2017, 23:31 PM IST

CoA seeks Supreme Court's directive for removal of current BCCI office bearers

CoA said that SC order was deliberately misconstrued by BCCI office-bearers to oust Johri from July 26th SGM.

Aug 16, 2017, 16:18 PM IST

Madan Lal slams BCCI's decision to pay cash rewards to selectors

Yesterday, Committee of Administrators (COA) announced the cash rewards for "selecting good teams". Both women's and men's cricket teams finished runner-ups in the recently concluded ICC tournaments in England.

Aug 10, 2017, 23:18 PM IST

Cricket in Olympics 2024? All powerful BCCI to have final say

Cricket was last played in the Olympics in the 1900 Paris Games. And it seems like, there will be no cricket in Olympics for some time.

Aug 09, 2017, 20:40 PM IST

Supreme Court constituted COA instructs state units to publish members' list

Till date a number of units have only listed the names of their office bearers, which has been uploaded on board's website.

Aug 03, 2017, 00:16 AM IST

BCCI members likely to propose hike in women team's cash award

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has decided Rs 50 lakh for the 15-member team with Rs 25 lakh for the support staff.

Jul 26, 2017, 00:00 AM IST

BCCI SGM: Majority wants partial adoption with Supreme Court hearing on August 18 in mind

Despite the Supreme Court barring disqualified officials like N Srinivasan and Niranjan Shah, some of their confidantes may threaten to once again play spoilsport although they may just be very small in number.

Jul 25, 2017, 18:57 PM IST

Hopeful that COA will complete its task by October: Vinod Rai

Rai once again stated what he has already mentioned in the fourth status report that their efforts to bring in consensus failed.

Jul 23, 2017, 00:12 AM IST

Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid shouldn't have faced such public humiliation, reckons Ramachandra Guha

This is not the first time that Guha had raised his voice against the functioning of BCCI. Through his resignation letter back in June, the historian had pointed out quite a few loopholes in the board, one of which also included Dhoni's pay scale.

Jul 16, 2017, 16:53 PM IST

Ravi Shastri might get paid around 7 crores for role as India's head coach: Reports

Sources also revealed that the support staff members which includes the batting, bowling and the fielding coach, are not going to earn more than Rupees two crores.

Jul 16, 2017, 12:53 PM IST

CoA forms four-member panel to decide on Ravi Shastri's salary

Besides Shastri, the current coaching staff has Sanjay Bangar and R Sridhar as batting and fielding coaches respectively. The duo was hand-picked by Shastri, when he became the team director in 2014.

Jul 15, 2017, 18:15 PM IST

All-powerful CoA puts on hold Zaheer Khan, Rahul Dravid's appointments; Ravi Shastri to play big role

This new development effectively puts a hold on the appointment of Dravid and Khan, for whatever roles the Cricket Advisory Committee of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman has designed for the two Indian legends.

Jul 15, 2017, 17:40 PM IST

CAB's contempt plea against BCCI to be considered: Supreme Court

In the fourth status report submitted by the court- appointed COA, former cricket administrators N Srinivasan and Niranjan Shah have been described as "disqualified office bearers with vested interest", who were trying to stall the implementation of Justice R M Lodha panel reforms.

Jul 14, 2017, 22:49 PM IST

Supreme Court issues notice to N Srinivasan, Niranjan Shah for attending BCCI SGM

This new development comes after the apex court appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), in a scathing status report, described the duo of Srinivasan and Shah as "disqualified office bearers with vested interest", who are still trying to stall implementation of Lodha reforms.

Jul 14, 2017, 17:07 PM IST

CAC shoots letter to CoA expressing hurt over alleged 'forced' appointments of Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid

The legendary trio reminded Rai of an e-mail where he had apparently given them a free-hand in picking the coach of the Indian cricket team.

Jul 13, 2017, 21:57 PM IST

CoA wants Kapil Dev as part of steering committee for players’ body

The Lodha Panel in its recommendation initially wanted a steering committee with GK Pillai, Mohinder Amarnath, Diana Edulji and Anil Kumble.

Jul 12, 2017, 17:15 PM IST

CoA happy with CAC's decision to appoint Ravi Shastri as Indian national cricket coach

The announcement of the coach came late on Tuesday after much drama. Initially there were reports in the media which claimed the selection of Shastri which was followed by the BCCI squashing the news, only for the board to backtrack and confirm him as a coach later in the night.

Jul 12, 2017, 16:09 PM IST

Next Indian coach: Vinod Rai asks BCCI to announce name of Anil Kumble's successor today

Despite interviewing five candidates in a meeting which went for hours, the legendary troika of Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman failed to come to a final conclusion.

Jul 11, 2017, 12:51 PM IST

BCCI CEO Rahul Johri flies to West Indies to seek Virat Kohli's feedback on new coach

The BCCI Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rahul Johri will be in Jamaica to meet Indian captain Virat Kohli and his team, in an attempt to get a feedback on the appointment of the new head coach.

Jul 05, 2017, 21:32 PM IST