The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) yesterday decided to take away the special allowance granted to Puducherry for their inaugural season in domestic cricket after the debutants fielded all outstation players for their Vijay Hazare Trophy opener against Manipur. The opposition team suffered a crushing eight-wicket defeat in Baroda.

It is understood that rising objections from several state associations resulted in the BCCI taking a firm decision. The BCCI yesterday informed the Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) to pick only those players in the playing XI who were registered before August 2017.