Cricket: Sundar Raman could be back as BCCI advisor on ICC - Report

Sundar Raman is back in headlines after a story of him becoming an advisor to the apex council or the new president of theB CCI has come into the limelight. According to a report published by a leading daily, the Cricket Control Board in India (BCCI) discussed the topic of getting Sundar Raman’s service during a recent meeting in Mumbai as the board prepares for a fight with the International Cricket Council (ICC). The soon-to-be president of BCCI, Sourav Ganguly, has been well-advised on board’s position in front of the international cricketing body.

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Sundar Raman's role in India's position in ICC 

The report also states Raman’s formal official position or an external advisory function is yet to be resolved. Raman, an expert in the international cricket market was one of the authors of the ICC Position Paper gave India, England and Australia a higher revenue share in the ICC. The revenue model was changed after N Srinivasan was replaced by Shashank Manohar as ICC chairman in 2016 but since then BCCI has been fiercely opposing the ICC policy towards the board.

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India Cricket News: Sourav Ganguly on getting BCCI back in ICC 

Earlier, Ganguly said that BCCI needs to be back to where it belongs in ICC. He said that BCCI is so important to the ICC since it not only generates the funds; which is one part but the popularity of the game matters. India is unbelievable and has a huge role to play in the ICC and the board needs to be respected which at the moment is not happening.

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BCCI bats against ICC Future Tours Programme

Recently, ICC proposed Futures Tours Programme (FTP) which proposes eight global events in the next eight-year cycle (from 2023). The new proposal calls for World T20 every year and 50-over World Cup every three years, which is being looked as ICC's plan to enter the global media rights markets for the 2023-2028 period. The move could significantly hit the Indian cricket board's revenue stream and it believes that it is against the members' interest. The report further states that newly-elected president Ganguly has opposed the new FTP saying that sometimes less is more in life. So, we have to be careful about that.

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