BCCI sees red as DY Patil chief asks ICC why WC games were shifted

The Indian board has black-listed DY Patil and Nerul Stadium. In the letter accessed by The Indian Express,Patil wrote that ICCs Dhiraj Malhotra had inspected the venue and was pleased with the facilities at the stadium. It is reliably learnt that during the MCA managing committee meeting held in December,Patil had raised the issue of the cancellation of DY Patil as a womens World Cup venue.

MCA president Ravi Savant had clarified that the decision was taken by the ICC and not BCCI.

Patil then wrote letter to Richardson,who replied stating that the change of venue was a BCCIs internal matter and ICC couldnt do anything about it.

The correspondence between Patil and Richardson was forwarded to top BCCI officials,who are now unhappy with the development.

The matches Patil was referring to in the letter,included the Group B matches of the womens World Cup involving the Pakistan womens team that were shifted to Cuttack,while Mumbai hosted games at Brabourne Stadium and MIG,Bandra.

Pakistans games were moved to Cuttack after protests from various quarters following tension on the Line of Control. MCA joint-secretary PV Shetty and Vijay Patil was unavailable for the comment.