Shetty seeks answers from MCA in T20 league issue this to innings.
T20I wickets respectively.
skipper state Mumbai to Chennai Harit N Joshi harit. joshi@ mid- day. com FORMER BCCI General Manager [ Gameu2019s Development] and administrator of the Mumbai Cricket Association ( MCA), Professor Ratnakar Shetty has shot off an email to MCA president Dr Vijay Patil and other office- bearers on Friday asking several questions following mid- dayu2019s February 12 and 14 reports pertaining to the T20 Mumbai League.
Two ( Sobo SuperSonics and Shivaji Park Lions) out of the eight franchises have been terminated by Probability Sports, the organisers of the T20 Mumbai League on Thursday for alleged non- payment of dues and breach of the participation agreement. Shetty in his email on Friday, accessed by mid- day, has questioned the u201c role and responsibilityu201d of Probability Sports with respect to the T20 Mumbai League. He then asked: u201c Did MCA have any role in picking the franchise owners or it was done by Probability Sports?u201d. He also questioned the financial terms agreed between Probability Sports and the MCA before asking, u201c Who takes the call on including and or removing the franchise ownersu2014 Probability Sports or [ the] MCA?u201d Shetty has also queried the u201c originalu201d franchise owners when the league was launched in 2018 and details of the two new owners of teams that were added last year. Shetty asked whether the MCA has submitted the accounts of the leagueu2019s first edition as per the Bombay High Courtu2019s direction.
u201c You will appreciate the fact that barring two members of the Apex Council all others are new and will need to know what they are responsible for hence the answers to these queries are important for them, the members of the MCA and the public at large in accordance with the new constitution adopted by the MCA where transparency and accountability are the key factors,u201d Shetty remarked.
Prof Ratnakar Shetty Sobo SuperSonics and Shivaji Park Lions have been terminated from the T20 Mumbai League for allegedly not paying their dues
