On monday ICC is going to meet ICL and BCCI to end the long standing fight between the two. Note sure if the talks will bear any fruit but this is the first time ICC is going to intervene and try to solve the issue. ICC is under intense pressure from many other boards to recongnize ICL and consider it as a legal entity since many of its players have joined ICL. specifically New zealand, pakisthan and bangadesh cricket boards. BCCI has been putting a lot of pressure on these boards to ban its players who join the ICL. With the economic slowdown going on all over the sponsors for the game have become less, although denied by BCCI.
If the meeting is successful, then it would be break the most powerful BCCI monopoly over cricket in India. With the introduction of the ICL the monopoly got a serious threat but its looks like the slowdown is going to prove to be a boon for ICL. Lets hope that this meeting is successful and we get to see much better matches than IPL.
Updates:
The ICC, ICL and BCCI failed to reach a resolution after a three-hour meeting in Johannesburg on the unauthorised league's request for official recognition. No further discussions are scheduled and the ICL's application will be now be considered once again by the ICC executive board in April. :(
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