Kapil Dev who is currently the director of the Indian Cricket League has filed a suit against the BCCI(Board of Cricket Control of India).
The contention of Kapil Dev is that the players of ICL have been humiliated by the BCCI, just because they belong to ICL.Of course Kapil Dev himself was sacked as the chairman of the National Cricket Academy and the players who are members of ICL cannot participate in any match sponsored by the BCCI.
Adding insult to the injury, BCCI, of late, have stopped payment of pension to the former cricket players who are part of ICL.This is not only a humiliation but also an attempt by the BCCI to inflict punishment to the players of ICL.Other ICL players like KIran More, Sandeep Patel, Prasanna etc have also been denied pension by the BCCI.
The BCCI is wrong and sadistic in its approach by stopping the payment of pension to the former cricket players who are associated with ICL.BCCI has forgotten that the pension granted to the former players was for the service rendered by them to cricket and India.The former players membership with ICL is a different matter which the BCCI has to tackle and face in a different manner but not by robbing their pension and inflicting harsh punishments like stopping their pension.It does not augur well for the Indian cricket.The harsh treatment meted out to the former players will also demoralise the other players who actually do not belong to ICL.The BCCI should immediately disburse the pension for the former cricketors.
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