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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president and the former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly may replace Anil Kumble as International Cricket Council (ICC) Technical Committee Chairman. According to the sources, Anil Kumble has completed his tenure of nine years and now Ganguly will get promoted from being an onlooker to the chairman of the committee.
"I am delighted to welcome Sourav to the position of Chair of the ICC Men's Cricket Committee. His experience as one of the world’s best players and latterly as an administrator will help us shape our cricketing decisions moving forward," ICC Chairman Greg Barclay said in a release.
"I would also like to thank Anil for his outstanding leadership over the last nine years which has included improving the international game through more regular and consistent application of DRS and a robust process for addressing suspect bowling actions, " Barclay added.
The Board also approved that first-class status and list A classification will be applied to women's cricket to align with the men's game and applied retrospectively. Going forward the ICC Women's Committee will be known as the ICC Women’s Cricket Committee and will assume all decision making responsibility for women's cricket reporting directly to the CEC.
In addition, CEO of Cricket West Indies, Johnny Grave has been appointed to the ICC Women’s Cricket Committee.
What does the technical chairman do?
The core responsibility of the profile is to ensure that regulations and protocols of the game are being followed. In addition, the Chairman ensures that the gentleman’s game should be played with all the spirit of the game.
Moreover, the BCCI source revealed that BCCI doesn’t get any tax exemptions from the Indian Government and keeping this in mind, all the members in the ICC agreed to pay 10 per cent tax to the Indian government for every ICC event which will be hosted in India.
"Every other cricket board gets tax exemptions from their government. But BCCI can’t expect the central government to bend its laws for us. Hence, all the members felt that the ICC should bear the damages. Anyway, BCCI generates the heaviest revenues by hosting events in India. The BCCI will not have to suffer any cuts from the ICC’s revenue pool," the BCCI source told TOI.
India will host the 2023 50-over World Cup, 2026 T20 World Cup (along with Sri Lanka), 2029 Champions Trophy (CT) and the 2031 50-over World Cup (along with Bangladesh) in the coming years.
