BCCI AGM to be held on March 2

The Board of Control for Cricket in India working committee on Sunday announced that it will hold its annual general meeting on March 2, as per the directive of the Supreme Court.

"It has been decided by the working committee that the annual general body meeting will take place on March 2 at 9.30 am in Chennai, as per the Supreme Court directorate that the elections had to take place within six weeks," BCCI vice president (Central Zone) Rajeev Shukla told the media.

"The second major decision taken was that the working committee has also decided unanimously that the pension for former players should be increased by 50 percent," he added.

Last month, the apex court, while pronouncing its judgement in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing case, directed the BCCI to conduct elections within six weeks. It also barred former BCCI chief N Srinivasan from contesting the cricket body's elections, asking him to choose between the president's post and owing the Chennai Super Kings franchise in the IPL.