Though the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has decided to bring down their quota of complimentary tickets by 50 per cent, the move still did not seem enough to cut ice with the opposing state associations that are set to host the India v WI limited overs matches. In order to avoid confusion, the CoA emailed all state associations to clarify that the contractual agreements of an association for complimentary tickets will not be affected through the 10 per cent capping.

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A BCCI source explained yesterday: “For example, a state unit's contractual agreements with its members, clubs/gymkhanas or corporate box owners for a certain amount of complimentary tickets for every match will not be taken into account as part of their free ticket quota. Only the distribution of complimentary tickets without any contractual obligation has been restricted. However, the CoA decided to do away with complimentary tickets for ex-presidents of the BCCI and other officials (from BCCI quota) as has been the practise till now.”