Players Asked To File Public Interest Litigation In BCCI-RCA Fight

The players "are set to become pawns in the battle" between the suspended Rajasthan Cricket Association and Board for Control of Cricket in India, according to Amit Gupta of the MUMBAI MIRROR. Sources said that the RCA "initiated a process of putting together a Public Interest Litigation" to be filed by the state's first-class players in the Supreme Court. Through their PIL, the players "will be seeking the Apex Court's intervention in the BCCI-RCA face-off that has led to ban on the state players from taking part in the domestic tournaments." The BCCI ban "was imposed after the RCA elected banned Lalit Modi as its president." According the sources, the players "were called to the RCA office at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium and asked to sign on the PIL, which is expected to be filed in the next few days." However, RCA Deputy President Mahmood Abdi "has denied any such move." He said, "This is totally false and people close to the BCCI are spreading these rumors" (MUMBAI MIRROR, 9/14).