SC appoints Committee of Administrators headed by Vinod Rai to run BCCI

The Supreme Court has appointed former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai as head of four-member Committee of Administrators to run Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Other three members of the committee are noted historian Ramachandra Guha, former Indian women’s  cricket team captain Diana Edulji and managing director of IDFC Limited ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2017

Topics: BCCI • Breaking • Committee of Administrators • Cricket • Diana Edulji • Lodha Committee • Persons in News • Ramachandra Guha • Sports • Supreme court • Vinod Rai

SC sacks BCCI President Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke

The Supreme Court has sacked Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Anurag Thakur and BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke after they failed to implement the reforms recommended by the Justice Lodha committee. The apex court held that Mr. Thakur and Mr. Shirke are unfit to continue at helm of BCCI for their obstructionist ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2017

Topics: Ajay Shirke • Anurag Thankur • BCCI • Cricket • Lodha Committee • National • Sports • Supreme court

BCCI approves use of DRS in India-England Test series

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has given its consent for using the Decision Review System (DRS) in the forthcoming five-Test series against England in November 2016. BCCI will use the DRS on a trial basis to evaluate the improvements and changes made to the system over a period of time. Earlier, ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016

Topics: BCCI • Cricket • Decision Review System • Science and Technology • Sports

SC freezes BCCI's transactions with state cricket bodies

Supreme Court has frozen all financial transactions between the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) and state cricket associations. The apex court directed BCCI, the apex cricket body not to disburse any funds to state cricket associations till they resolve to abide by Justice RM Lodha Committee recommendations. Besides, the Supreme Court also ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016

Topics: BCCI • Cricket • Lodha Committee • National • Sports • Supreme court

SC accepts Lodha committee’s recommendations on structural reforms in BCCI

The Supreme Court has accepted major recommendations of Lodha Committee on reforms in BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India), the world’s richest cricketing body. The committee had submitted its recommendations to Supreme Court in January 2016. The committee was constituted by SC to bring structural reforms in the country after it had come ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2016

Topics: BCCI • Cricket • Lodha Committee • National • Sports • Supreme court