At the weekend, the 26-member managing committee of the MCA "unanimously" decided to keep the organisation's interests paramount by putting an end to the stalling process which had been guided by the obstinate stand of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The ball, as they say, still hasn't left the Supreme Court. I'm thankful to all my colleagues on the managing committee who felt likewise and have kept the organisation's interests supreme." One understands that Ajay Shirke, who'd been removed as the Board's secretary by the Supreme Court on January 2 and once held complete sway over the MCA, also supported Apte from behind the scenes. Vidarbha and Goa are the only two affiliates of the Board to have implemented the Justice Lodha committee's recommendations entirely.

Source: The Telegraph December 05, 2017 21:33 UTC