Talks between the BCCI and the ICL have failed, a statement from the Indian board has said, putting a question mark over the league's bid for official recognition. The terse statement did not offer any reason but said there were no plans for any further meetings.
N Srinivasan, BCCI secretary, said the two sides "failed to arrive at a common ground" during their meeting in New Delhi.
ICL officials, however, could not be reached for comment. The league was represented by Kapil Dev, the chairman of the ICL board, and business head Himanshu Mody.
The Indian board agreed to meet officials of the unsanctioned ICL, for the first time since the league was set up in April 2007, after its request for recognition came up for discussion at the ICC board meeting in Dubai earlier this week.
Since its inception, the ICL has been strong opposition from the BCCI, which has banned players associated with the league from all forms of official cricket and barred them from using any of its facilities. The ICL has, meanwhile, been pressing the ICC unsuccessfully for official recognition of their venture for several months. Subsequently they requested the ICC for a meeting, and Subhash Chandra, who owns the league, met David Morgan, the ICC president, in London last week to present its case.
The ICC board adjourned a decision on the ICL at its meeting in Dubai, asking BCCI president Shashank Manohar to conduct talks with the officials from the league.
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