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More than six weeks after Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat offered to "apologise" to anyone who he had offended in the BCCI, Jagmohan Dalmiya, the interim BCCI chief, has welcomed Lorgat's offer.
"Lorgat is a nice gentleman but it would be nice of him if he
apologises," Dalmiya said in Kolkata, when asked about his reaction to
Lorgat's offer that was made immediately after he was appointed the CSA
chief executive despite the BCCI raising its objections.
While this may appear as softening of the BCCI's stand with Lorgat, the
deadlock over the BCCI going to trim what was till a few days ago a tour
of three Tests, seven ODIs and two Twenty20s, prevailed for another
day.
While Dalmiya reiterated what the BCCI president N Srinivasan had said
three days ago that "the tour is on", there was no formal exchange
between representatives of the two boards. Even though Srinivasan, board
secretary Sanjay Patel and treasurer Ravi Savant were together for most
of the day along with other key executives at the BCCI headquarters in
Mumbai, it was understood that the South Africa tour itinerary "wasn't
even mentioned" in their discussions.
"The sole purpose of the meeting was to proof read and sign the annual
report before it goes for printing ahead of the AGM," said an insider
who was a part of the proceedings.
Across the continent, CSA indicated it would send out a release on
Wednesday afternoon to reassure the fans and thank them for their
support, but later said they would "try for tomorrow". Officials
contacted at various franchises said they had no knowledge of any
progress on the BCCI-CSA issue and were awaiting further instructions,
although many of them expressed concern over a curtailed tour.
It appears that unless CSA exceeds to the cricket bosses in India, the
situation is unlikely to change. At least till the BCCI AGM on September
29.
With additional reporting from Firdose Moonda.
Amol Karhadkar is a correspondent at ESPNcricinfo
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