BCCI to pay Rs 90 lakh for fourth venue

The BCCI has agreed to pay around US$200,000 (approx. 90 lakh) to ICC in exchange for increasing the staging centres of this year’s champions trophy from three to four. Matches will now be held at four centres — Cricket Club of India (CCI) Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Mohali. The money matters are in the final stages of acceptance, along with other minor issues are cleared for staging the tournament. The board had turned down ICC’s demand for payment of US$ 1 million and got it scaled down to around US$200,000.

TRDW and new BCCI stadium plans

The special committee headed by former chief I.S. Bindra will give suggestions about optimum usage of the board’s funds and recommendations on the Talent Research Development Wing (TRDW). A special committee headed by vice president Chirayu Amin and comprising Arun Jaitley of the DDCA, Lalit modi, Bindra and MCA president Ajay Shirke had been formed to come up with proposals to develop the 30 acres land given by the DDA to the board.