The Supreme Court reinstated the memberships of Mumbai, Saurashtra, Vadodara and Vidarbha, all associations with a rich history in domestic cricket whose voting rights were taken away by the Lodha committee
The BCCI acting secretary held that Vinod Rai was mandated to implement the reforms but he has been a complete failure over one and a half years.
The bone of contention is the objection of Indian cricketers to sign the 'Whereabouts Clause' where players need to intimate the anti-doping body in advance for the testing purpose
A total of 37 teams will participate in the Ranji trophy this year which will include representations from every state of India as recommended by the CoA last year
The Supreme Court insisted on this till it pronounced a verdict on finalisation of the draft constitution of BCCI.
The Lodha Committee was appointed by the Supreme Court in January 2015 to look into the functioning of the Indian cricket board and suggested changes to its constitution.
Maharashtra Cricket Association(MCA) adopted the recommendations of the Justice R M Lodha committee on December 29.
NCP chief and former BCCI president Sharad Pawar on Thursday alleged that the Lodha Committee report has "definitely destroyed" cricket.
Sourav Ganguly became the CAB secretary in 2014 and association president in 2015.
GCA acting President Suraj Lotlikar said GCA was only the second cricketing body after VCA to adopt Lodha Committee recommendations.