WICB looks to forge closer ties with BCCI

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), under the new leadership of Dave Cameron, wants to forge closer ties with cricketing powerhouse the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The WICB has sent out director Baldath Mahabir to attend the current Karbonn Smart Champions League T20 series and to meet with a number of officials here to explore different opportunities for the Caribbean Board and cricketers. Mahabir who has been busy with different meetings in Delhi, told the T&T Guardian: “West Indies and Indian cricket has had a long association and the WICB under Dave Cameron wants to make this very fruitful indeed. I am here and to explore a number of things with the BCCI and other bodies that we hope can lead to better relations and in the long term progress for WICB and its cricketers.”



The BCCI, the financial powerhouse in world cricket wields a lot of power and some people say, they even run world cricket because of their influence over the International Cricket Council (ICC), the world governing body. Mahabir said he has made great progress so far but some of the things he cannot divulge at this point because they are at a sensitive stage. “I have had some very good meetings and at this stage it would be difficult to divulge the information because we are still negotiating a number of things. However, what I can tell you is that for example, we have a regional 50 overs tournament and with the regional T20 not under our care anymore, we are looking to have a great spectacle for this tournament. “T&T will play host of this tournament for three years and who knows, we can get Indian and other foreign cricketers playing in this tournament. This is just one of the possibility that is being explored here.”
guardian.co.tt