BCCI’s donation of half-a-million to CWI misused, alleges Holding

Holding, in a YouTube interview on his regular program “Mikey - Holding Nothing Back” with interviewer Asif Khan, focussed on a 60-page CWI audit report. He said that during a past CWI administration, BCCI gave a monetary gift intended for former West Indies cricketers, but added they never received it.

“In 2014, BCCI donated half-a -million dollars to the West Indies cricket board to help past players. It was a donation by BCCI. I am a past player, and I am not saying I want any of it,” said Holding.

“But, I know a lot of past players who have not heard one cent of the half-a-million dollars going to any of them. I am absolutely sure if they had done that, they would have made a big hullabaloo about it. Where is that half a million dollars?” he asked. Holding said that he will divulge the details in his next show.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is unlikely to hire a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the near future even though Santosh Rangnekar resigned from the post six months back.

While BCCI CEO Rahul Johri was asked to take back his resignation and continue till the end of his tenure (2021), it is learnt that the top brass feels there is no immediate requirement of a CFO as the treasurer is its point person.

“BCCI is unlikely to recruit a CFO any time soon. If you read the new constitution carefully, there is a mandatory provision for a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) but there is no mention that you need to have a CFO,” a senior BCCI official told PTI.