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Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, who is also a Governing Council member, will be a part of BCCI’s four-member working group formed to study the Justice R M Lodha committee’s order that suspended Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for two years in the IPL. The group will give recommendations within six weeks.

Chaired by IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla, committee will include BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur and Treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary as the other members, while U N Banerjee, BCCI’s legal adviser will assist the panel. The panel will study the suggestions of the Justice Lodha Committee report and draw a road map for IPL 9. A minimum of eight teams will participate in IPL 9.

 “The committee will have six weeks’ time to study the Lodha committee report and will give its recommendations after talking to all the stakeholders,” Shukla told PTI.

“The committee will also consult the legal experts before coming up with recommendations since we do not want any legal complications later on,” Shukla added.

“We still have some time for IPL 9, so we should not take any hasty decision. We will follow the procedure and come to a consensus on all the matters relating to IPL.”

-Sumana