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BCCI AGM on September 18, India’s ICC nominee on agenda
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will hold its Annual General Meeting in Mumbai on September 18, with the nomination of India's representative to the International Cricket Council among the…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will hold its Annual General Meeting in Mumbai on September 18, with the nomination of India's representative to the International Cricket Council among the key items. The meeting will also consider granting associate membership to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands cricket association, a proposal that was discussed at an earlier Apex Council meeting.
If approved, associate membership would bring the Union Territory into the BCCI fold without voting rights, giving cricket in the islands a formal place within the BCCI structure and a route to domestic competitions and development programmes. The proposal is part of the Board's effort to bring regions outside its existing membership into a more formal cricketing set-up. Currently, 38 teams feature in BCCI-approved domestic tournaments.
The AGM will also see the election of two General Body representatives to the IPL Governing Council, and the induction of a representative of the Indian Cricketers' Association into the same council.
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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have no BCCI-affiliated body, meaning players from the territory have had no formal pathway to domestic tournaments such as the Ranji Trophy. Associate membership, which the BCCI grants to emerging cricket bodies, does not include a vote in board elections but allows the association to field teams in BCCI-organised age-group and senior tournaments. The BCCI's own memorandum and rules, last amended in 2023, require a two-thirds majority of voting members present at the AGM to admit a new associate. If approved, the islands would become the 39th team in the domestic structure. The next step after associate membership is full membership, which carries voting rights.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com
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