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Angry BCCI mulls pulling out of ICC Champions Trophy 2017

Shashank Manohar ICC ChairmanPeeved at being snubbed by the International Cricket Committee over various different decisions, the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) is mulling at the possibility of pulling out of next year's Champions Trophy 2017, scheduled to be held in England.

The BCCI has reportedly been angry with several latest developments, including International Cricket Council's (ICC) proposal of a two-tier test structure and the decision to disband the 'BIG THREE' reforms, which allowed India to have biggest pie amongst all Cricket playing nations-in the revenue sharing model.The latest snub came in the form of (BCCI) exclusion from the ICC's finance Committee meeting,which was held a few days ago at the body's headquarter in Dubai.

Speaking to Indian Express,(BCCI) secretary,Ajay Shirke, termed latest ICC move as 'humiliating'. "These are the committees where all the important decisions are taken -Finance,Commerce and chief executive committe.India not having a representative(in those Committees) is a humiliation for us.We will tell the ICC,' either you amend this or we will decide what to do to protect India's cricket interest's globally'. It could be anything.We  may even not play the Champions Trophy. Better sense may prevail and we may not reach that stage at all. But there are so many options," Shirke was quoted as saying,

While ICC's move haven't found favour with the (BCCI), the Indian Cricket board's chief grouse is that it dosen't have any say despite being one of the biggest fund raiser's for the Apex organisation. "When 70 percent of ICC's income come's from the BCCI, why should we not have place in the Finance Committe? There's no question of domination. But is the ICC trying to be Robin Hood---robbing the rich and giving it to the poor?"said a (BCCI) office bearer.