BCCI gears up to meet threat from ICL

Acutely aware of the perceived challenge to their authority by the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), which is luring young domestic cricketers into its fold, the bigwigs of the Cricket Board are girding their loins to meet it head-on.

A direct confrontation between the Essel Group-floated League, which has already roped in India's lone World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev and West Indian legend Brian Lara, and the BCCI is on the cards with the ICL set to announce later in the day names of the players who have joined it.

It would be interesting to see the manner in which BCCI decides to deal with Kapil Dev, still the head of its National Cricket Academy, as well as other current players, who have joined the rebel organisation.

The ICL and the legal ramifications of any action, including a ban, on those who have joined it would dominate the discussions at the meeting of the BCCI's Working Committee tomorrow morning.

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