New Delhi: Persistent efforts by BCCI and its full members to block implementation of some crucial recommendations of the Justice RM Lodha committee yesterday provoked the Supreme Court to observe that public functions relating to cricket can be taken over by the government with the enactment of a law in Parliament.

“Why can’t the public function of BCCI be taken up by Parliament? The question is if the activity of organising cricket matches, sending and picking up national team, can be taken up by the Parliament. Suppose a law, by which Indian team can be selected by Indian Parliament,” a bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice FMI Kalifulla said.