BCCI President and Secretary to hold meeting with Lodha committee on August 9

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed its president Anurag Thakur, and secretary Ajay Shirke, to hold a meeting with the Lodha committee on August 9 to chalk out plans for the future functioning of itself and the various state associations coming under its umbrella.

Though no official statement was released by the BCCI after the conclusion of the Special Annual General Meeting (SGM) held on Friday in New Delhi, sources indicate that the board’s two highest officials, as well as the newly constituted legal team, will hold talks with the Lodha panel on how to kick start the process of implementing the latter’s recommendations as per the directive of the Supreme Court.

"This (Lodha Committee verdict) was the single-point agenda, and it was one [short, focused meeting] that lasted about half an hour to 45 minutes," a state association official from the East zone told ESPNcricinfo. "The BCCI has the legal cell. We as a state association don't know the legal aspects but somebody has to take care of such things.

“So, the SGM was called to authorize the secretary and the president to look into it. Concerns of individual state associations were not discussed; it was [a discussion] on the whole as reforms are meant for everybody."

Another official from a southern state association also seconded the above comments stating that the BCCI made it clear that they were first going to get a clarity on how to get their own issues sorted out before turning attention to the individual state associations.

"On August 9, the president and secretary are supposed to meet the Lodha Committee," the official said. "The first priority is clarifications regarding the BCCI, only then will state associations come into the picture. Clarifications on all matters - when should the constitution be amended and how, the recommendations, and we also have the AGM coming up in September - will be sought. There will be greater clarity once they meet the Lodha Committee on the ninth."

With no issues relating to the state associations being raised at the meeting the uncertainty regarding the elections of the Karnataka State Cricket Association and the Cricket Association of Bengal – deferred from its originally scheduled dates of July 31 and August 7 respectively based on the directive of the Lodha committee – is set to continue and the state associations are waiting for the BCCI to take a call on the matter.

"The BCCI will give its opinion on it. There will be more clarity after they discuss with the Lodha Committee. We are not going to raise anything as far as state associations are concerned, let the BCCI do. The states will fall in place thereafter," the official said.