Shashank Manohar questioned by TNCA over his view on ‘Big Three’

TNCA secretary wrote a letter to Shashank Manohar asking him why he has contrary opinions.

Shashank Manohar, current BCCI President has come under the scanner for his contrary views on the reforms and constitutional overhaul that was carried out by ICC. The meeting in which the constitution revamp was proposed was headed by N Srinivasan, who is Manohar’s predecessor. Secretary of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) Kasi Viswanathan wrote to Manohar asking him why he wishes to undo the ICC’s revenue-sharing model. The model is largely tilted in favour of the three richest cricket boards in the world— BCCI, ECB and CA. Manohar does not subscribes to the Big Three boards theory which neglects the other boards. READ: Shashank Manohar hardly consulted BCCI over ICC constitutional amendments

In a report by ESPNcricinfo, Viswanathan said in a letter addressed to Manohar, “Is it true that you have made any statements in the ICC giving up BCCI’s permanent membership in the ICC Committees? Have you made any commitments to the ICC on BCCI’s share of contribution costs? If the answer to one or both of the above questions is in the affirmative, kindly let me know under what authority have you taken this decision when this matter has not been discussed in either the Working Committee meeting or the General Body meeting of BCCI held recently?”

Earlier, Maohar’s decision on not consulting the BCCI top brass (before putting forth his views on the Big Three) had not gone down well with a lot of influential members of the board. “I think Shashank Manohar is the BCCI representative in the ICC board and our nominee for the chairman’s post. He has gone there and expressed his views but the ideal process would have been to call a meeting and apprise the members of his decision. The decision to compromise on BCCI’s interests has been unilaterally taken by Manohar,” a BCCI official had said.

(With inputs from PTI)

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