The BCCI has expressed its reservations with the International Cricket Council's decision to earmark a budget of $135 million (approx) as the organisational cost for Champions Trophy scheduled in the United Kingdom from June 1-18, next year. The budget is a three-fold increase from the $45 million that was allocated to the BCCI by the ICC for the World T20 held from March 8 to April 3, earlier this year.
Whenever ICC conducts any tournament, a certain budget is allocated to the host country. The host country appoints lOC (local Organising Committee), which is responsible for all the expenditure that may occur while hosting the tournament.
What many in BCCI find baffling is the huge cost escalation for a 19-day tournament in UK considering it will host only 15 matches compared to the World T20 in India which was a 27-day event with 58 matches in all.
Accordingly, the BCCI has sent a letter to the ICC "expressing their reservations about the budget" and the matter is expected to be discussed on the sidelines of the ICC Chief Executives meeting to be held in Dubai on September 6 and 7.
A senior BCCI official, who played a significant role in organisation of the 2011 World Cup and ICC World T20 in 2016, told PTI: "It is strange but when the ICC World T20 was held in India, the BCCI organised a tournament of longer duration at 1/3rd cost.”