Will the actual Bihar Under-19 cricket workforce please arise? In the previous few weeks, two groups from the state have been guarding the BCCI season in hopes of being part of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy.
The confusion is the results of intense bickering between the 2 teams, every led by politicians affiliated with the BJP, and each claiming to signify the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA).
Former BJP treasurer and BCA president Rakesh Tiwari says they’ve shortlisted 135 junior gamers and the workforce will likely be named after a camp on September 14. But it might take some time, because the insurgent group led by former MLA and state BJP spokesperson Prem Ranjan Patel has already mailed the names of the ‘Bihar U-19 workforce’ to the BCCI.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Tiwary, who had attended the final BCCI AGM, stated: “He (Patel) has nothing to do with BCA, the players who went for their trials are also registered by the BCA. are not. He has no identity, no office, and no official email address. When was he elected? Who are their members? There are people who just want to create nuisance.”
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However, Patel insisted that he’s the BCA president. “Last year 28 out of 38 districts had called an emergency meeting in which we removed Tiwari from the post of BCA president and nominated me as the president of the association,” he says.
“We did choice assessments and gamers from every district participated. We have been updating BCCI about our actions. I’m BCA President, it’s my responsibility to do choice check. We have despatched the names and BCCI has to determine what to do.
When requested in regards to the standoff, BCCI secretary Jay Shah instructed The Indian Express that the board “will look into the matter and we are not going to tolerate this kind of activity”.
Meanwhile, the choice course of to pick the state junior facet has demonstrated political energy. The poster put up by the Tiwari faction for the state-level U-19 camp was a political invitation and prominently featured Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad. Among others within the poster are two state ministers, an MP and 4 MLAs.
Earlier this 12 months, the Bihar cricket physique had landed in one other controversy by organizing a T20 league with out correct permission from the BCCI. Within a month of being pulled up by the board, a gaggle of BCA officers deliberate to carry one other T20 event, and even introduced the dates earlier than the BCCI intervened. The board rejected the proposed league, saying it could solely permit non-franchise tournaments in states with no personal particular person because the workforce proprietor.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
