Vinod Rai

The BCCI has reacted sharply to the Committee of Administrators (CoA) red-flagging a proposed Day/Night Test match against the West Indies in October despite positive feedback from national chief coach Ravi Shastri. The proposed match became a contentious issue after CoA chief Vinod Rai complained of being kept in dark about the plan. BCCI Acting Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary, CEO Rahul Johri and GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim were in touch with Shastri regarding the Test match.

Shastri has told the Board that he would ideally like a tier II team (West Indies) to be hosted in a tier II city and one session be played under lights to counter the dew factor in early winter.

Rai's angry missive, directed at Chaudhary, for not keeping CoA in the loop has raised eyebrows about role of the SC-appointed committee. When senior officials in BCCI were asked about Rai's letter, there were mixed responses. "Mr Rai is correct when he is talking about the process of taking policy decisions. Obviously (BCCI acting president) CK Khanna and (treasurer) Aniruddh Chaudhary should have also been kept in the loop which Amitabh and Rahul didn't do," a official said yesterday.