BCCI bans Boria Majumdar for two years!
BCCI’s three member committee comprising Mr.Rajeev Shukla, Vice President, BCCI, Mr. Arun Singh Dhumal, Treasurer, BCCI and Mr. Prabhtej Singh Bhatia, Councillor, BCCI (“BCCI Committee.”) found journalist and cricket historian Boria Majumdar guilty of “threat and intimidation.” Towards Wriddhiman Saha. Majumdar is banned by BCCI’s Apex Committee for two years.
The BCCI committee considered the submissions by both Mr.Saha and Mr.Majumdar and concluded that the actions by Mr.Majumdar were indeed in the nature of threat and intimidation. The BCCI Committee recommended the following sanctions to the Apex Council of BCCO. The Apex Council of BCCI agreed with the recommendations of the BCCI Committee and imposed the following sanctions:
- 2 (two) year ban on getting any accreditation as a member of the press in any of the cricket matches (domestic and international) in India;
- 2 (two) year ban on getting any interview with any registered players in India; and
- 2 (two) year ban on access to any of BCCI and members associations owned cricket facilities.
The committee was set up on February 25 after Wriddhiman Saha tweeted a screenshot of messages, he had received from an unnamed journalist on February 19, 2022. The events happened shortly after Wriddhiman Saha expressed displeasure over his omission from India’s Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka.
Saha is currently playing for Gujarat Titans in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2022 edition.
