http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kiran-Shankar-More-c71494 granted amnesty by the BCCI - Cricket News Update
Former Indian wicket keeper batsman, Kiran More, has been granted amnesty by the BCCI. The 49-year-old who played 49 Tests and 94 ODIs for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, was accused of being involved in the now defunct Indian Cricket League.
The decision by the BCCI has now made him eligible for availing ‘one time benefits’, which is a ratification of $13 million to former national and domestic players. The working committee met on Monday in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870
trophy had also been discussed and subsequently ratified. The structural change entails a lack of consideration for the existing Elite and Plate divisions in the Ranji Trophy and considers rearranging the teams into three groups of nine each. Former batsman,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737, were the heads of the technical committee.
Kiran More initially applied for amnesty from the board where he was confident that he would be back in the fold of the parent body, after being banned by the BCCI with immediate effect. More’s plea was ratified on Monday and it is expected that fellow veteran,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kapil-Dev-c70234, would also follow suit. His apology for joining the ICL, when he was eligible for the board’s ‘one time benefit’ would now help him avail this provision which many former players are entitled to.
During the working committee’s meeting, there was a reference to Kapil Dev’s case as well. The former Indian all rounder claimed that the board cannot question Indian cricketers who are not employed or contracted by the board. He was excluded from the BCCI’s
list of former players who were to receive the same benefits for which More is now currently eligible for. There are however, other beliefs that his exclusion was because of him not accepting the amnesty offered by the BCCI in the first place. His statement
on the NDTV news channel highlighted what he felt were unfair dealings by the BCCI.
"It [the BCCI] should realize that only those cricketers -- present or former -- who are contracted to it and are paid salaries, like selectors or coaches, are accountable to it," Dev had stated earlier.
Dev took up the ICL post in view of promoting cricket in the country. Kiran More on the other hand joined the ICL back in 2007, which lead to an immediate ban imposed by the BCCI. More had initially rejected the offer by the BCCI in 2009, and his pension,
which was frozen, will now be made available to him considering that amnesty has been granted. All of his arrears are also likely to be cleared prior to joining the now defunct ICL.
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