Still don't understand why BCCI was upset with me: Lorgat

New Delhi Former ICC president and current Cricket South Africa CSA CEO Haroon Lorgat says he is still not aware why the BCCI is upset with him but hopes his strained relation with the Indian board would heal with timeLorgat and the BCCI had difference of opinion on a few key issues during his tenure as the ICC chief from 2008 to 2012 Some issues which they disagreed included the Decision Review System DRS and the Lord Woolf Commission which was initiated by Lorgat Things got more bitter when the BCCI expressed its opposition to the appointment of Lorgat as CSAs CEO after left the post of president in International Cricket CouncilCricket South Africa CSA CEO Haroon LorgatWith CSA eventually appointing Lorgat as its CEO in July 2013 there were speculations that Indias proposed tour to South Africa in December that year might be called offBCCI later agreed to a shortened tour only after the CSA agreed to bar Lorgat from dealing with matters related to India and from attending ICC Executive Meetings as CSA representativeLorgat was also in the middle of an ICC inquiry which eventually cleared him last year of alleged involvement in the FTP manipulation charges levelled against the BCCI by David Becker who was the ICC legal adviser throughout Lorgats tenure as CEO of the world body However Lorgat said he is still in dark about BCCIs reservations against himI clearly dont understand what the issues are I think that is more relevant to be ascertained from the BCCI Nobody could tell what the issue are Not even my president is aware of what the issue is what the wrongdoing is So we are all in the dark as far as that is concerned he told ESPNcricinfoThe tour went on and there have been attempts to get together But I cant tell you what the issue is that upsets them about myself Lorgat added Lorgat had made a press statement that he will work on bettering the relations with the BCCIAsked how he intended to go about it he said Well we must wait Time can heal things I have even offered to apologise if I am told what Id done wrong If I think its wrong I must apologise thatd be the right thing to do But until I am told there is nothing I can doTo a question regarding the validity of holding a Test Championship when all cricketing nations do not have a chance to play against every other Full Member nation Lorgat said I dont think it is an excuse not to have a championship if not all can be participating in itThe reality is that we have ten Full Members playing So why cant there be a Test Championship for those ten Full Member teams And the rationale was we needed to sustain Test cricket We needed to create something that would retain interest in Test cricketWe started with the rankings You can argue that there s far more value to the Test rankings than in years gone by It means something to be No 1 it means something to be in the top three or four A part of the thinking was that the top four would qualify to play in the Test ChampionshipLorgat also explained the reason behind the lack of black Africans in South African cricket I think it is a natural goal to have the team representative of the populace But it is not that easy because once you select players into the team they are in itfor a 1015 year career Lorgat saidSo whether you take the likes of Graeme Smith or Jacques Kallis or even Makhaya Ntini for that matter Shaun Pollock all those have come through a system You couldnt replace one with a black African so easily You need a player to come through the systemThose black Africans who were coming through the system at an early age were disadvantaged through social circumstances It was very difficult for them to have sustained their growth in the game and looked after their families They have to go out and workBetween trying to educate yourself playing the game and going to work something has to give And the sacrifice invariably was the sport because the family expects you to bring the food on the table educate yourself That made it very difficult for them to progress to the highest level of the game he saidIn February last year when the Big three India England and Australia proposed to revamp the ICC CSA along with Pakistan and Sri Lanka were against it but later CSA president Chris Nenzani voted in favour of the proposal after a chat with BCCI president N SrinivasanTalking about the issue Lorgat said There were several changes to the initial proposal If you study the proposal that was initially floated and what was subsequently accepted it was very different When several of the initial proposals were removed and changed to the satisfaction of Mr Nenzani that is when South Africa entered the debateI think you need to appreciate that there was a lot of debate and discussion There was a sense at a particular point that the initial proposals were completely not acceptable Where it got to Mr Nenzani said that is not a perfect situation But we are prepared to engage now and see what we can do going forwardThe initial proposal was something we were not ready to accept But when it got to a certain point of being amended it was not perfect but it was something that we were prepared to go with I think those questions are more relevant to the powers that are in command today because effectively there are three countries who have a strong role to play in the leadership of world cricket he saidHowever Lorgat said the revenue split is still not fair especially on the weaker board I dont believe that the revenue split is fair on all the countries But we have to accept what we have got he saidIn my view there should be support for the weaker countries We should grow the game across the world but that is what is being accepted We have got the model now We have to live with what we have got and cut our cloth accordinglyI do foresee more than Cricket South Africa other weaker countries struggling in the future if not already Because there is a disparate spending of money and it not going to the countries that need it mostBut we are doing the best we can with that context in mind and so far we CSA are in a great space as far as cutting our cloth and it is according to the revenue that we have got he said