BCCI likely to slap a suit against Windies

Mumbai: India may scrap their tour of West Indies in 2016 after the Caribbean team’s abrupt pullout on Friday, said an angry Indian cricket board (BCCI) which is also considering legal actions and mulling to claim damages to the tune of approximately Rs 400 crore from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).The BCCI is due to have a working committee meeting on October 21 to discuss the matter, where a final decision will be taken..

 

Sri Lanka’s acceptance to play a five-ODI series will reduce that damage by five days, but the BCCI intends to recover the loss of revenue for the remaining 12 days from WICB. 

“We have referred the matter to our legal cell and asked them to let us know by October 21 about how we can pursue the issue legally,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. 

 

“They (WICB) entered into a bilateral agreement with us, and they abandoned the tour due to their internal issues, so we will have to seek compensation. But, depending on the legal advice, the working committee will decide the future course of action,” he said. 

 

The estimated revenue for each match day during WI’s tour of India was expected to be around Rs 33 crore, and for 12 no-play days it multiplies up to Rs 396 crore.“It will be very difficult to play West Indies in bilateral series in future. They have to demonstrate the willingness that such situations never happen again,” Patel told Reuters. 

 

“I would say that India’s next tour of West Indies is highly unlikely to go ahead in the current situation,” added Patel. India are scheduled to tour the Caribbean for three Tests, five ODIs and a Twenty20 match early in 2016.