Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said that he will be taking up the issue of revocation of Bengal's rescheduled Ranji Trophy encounter against Gujarat with the BCCI brass including president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke.
It has been learnt from CAB sources that they will sent a formal letter to the BCCI regarding the current move.
"I am aware of the situation. I will be taking up this issue at the appropriate forum with president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke," Ganguly told PTI today.
Asked if the morale of the team will be down due to this decision as they play an important match against Madhya Pradesh, starting on Wednesday, the former India captain said "I have told the boys that they should just focus on the match and not think about anything else. Their goal should be to win the match."
Bengal's smog-hit Ranji encounter against Gujarat hit (November 7-10) was rescheduled when two days went without a ball being bowled. The match was rescheduled to December 15-18 in Visakhapatnam but Mumbai Cricket Association and Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) took up the matter with BCCI citing it as an "unfair advantage" for the two teams.
Shirke's explanation is that there was some ambiguity and the prerogative of rescheduling lay with the tournament committee and not the technical committee, which Ganguly heads.