The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday said it will appeal against the six-match ban imposed on India captain Sourav Ganguly and pursue the matter with the International Cricket Council.
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"We have written to the ICC that the six-match ban is too much. The decision is not in tune with the terms of the ICC rules. We are taking this up with the ICC," BCCI president Ranbir Singh Mahendra told reporters after Board's two-day working committee meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.
Ganguly was handed a six-match ban after the fourth ODI against Pakistan in Ahmedabad by ICC match referee Chris Broad for slow over-rate. His initial appeal was turned down by ICC Appeals Commissioner Tim Castle. He missed the last two matches of the Pakistan series as was not included in the side though the matter was sub-judice. If the ban stays, he would miss the tri-nation series in Sri Lanka, in August, where West Indies is the third team in the tournament.
The committee also approved the Indian team's tour itinerary for the next season, which begins in July.
India will play in a triangular tournament in Sri Lanka in July-August and tour Zimbabwe for a two-Test and triangular series in August-September, and Pakistan next January.
Sri Lanka's tour to India in November-December and South Africa's visit in December was also approved in principle.
The committee, which met over the past two days, decided to file a Rs. 10 crore defamation suit against Netaji Cricket Club of Chennai for dragging it to court on the legality of last year's elections.
It authorised Mahendra to decide on vice-president Kamal Morarka's demand to remove Rajasthan Cricket Association president Lalit Modi from all offices in the Board.
Morarka has alleged that Modi was convicted on charges of kidnapping and smuggling in the United States 20 years and hence cannot hold office.
The merger of Women's Cricket Association with the BCCI was deferred to the next Working Committee meeting.
It was also decided to have a media manager for the team by September.
The Board is also contemplating forming a code of conduct for all clubs and state associations, with regard to dealings with it.
A marketing committee will be formed to decide awarding of television rights for matches in India. After laying down certain norms and guidelines it will invite frech tenders.
