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Supreme Court clears Bihar to play in Ranji Trophy

Updated on: 05 January,2018 08:58 AM IST  |  New Delhi
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The Supreme Court gave a ray of hope to cricketers from Bihar, who could not play national level tournaments for the last 17 years, by allowing the Bihar Cricket Association to participate in Ranji Trophy and other championships this year

Supreme Court clears Bihar to play in Ranji Trophy

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The Supreme Court gave a ray of hope to cricketers from Bihar, who could not play national level tournaments for the last 17 years, by allowing the Bihar Cricket Association to participate in Ranji Trophy and other championships this year. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud took note of the fact that Bihar has not been allowed to take part in tournaments such as Ranji Trophy for the last so many years. "Bihar shall play the cricket," the bench said and clarified that it was passing the order on its own without considering any argument or application.


The direction came after Aditya Varma, the secretary of the Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), sought hearing on an interim application of the CAB by submitting that Bihar, the third most-populous state, has been treated unfairly and denied the opportunity to play Ranji and other zonal and national-level tournaments."This order has been passed keeping in view the cause of cricket," the court said, making it clear that its order will not create any equity in favour of the BCA. "You all are individually selfish people," the bench observed during the hearing.


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