ICC ACSU chief Yogendra Pal Singh expressed these apprehensions during a board meeting in January this year. Not only this, Singh was also concerned about Cricket Australia's bid to have internet access in the dressing room -- a move that was supported by BCCI president N Srinivasan.
All these discussions took place during ICC Board Meeting held in Dubai on January 29, this year.
In fact, Singh's concern is documented in the section 7.1.2 of the minutes of that particular meeting.
The section titled as 'Domestic T20 Leagues-Working Group Update' has a portion which states, "Mr Clarke (Giles) reported that Mr Singh (Y P) had explained in a meeting the previous day that his biggest concern was in respect of the identity of the owners of certain domestic franchises, and lack of a transparent process around how those franchises had been awarded and how they could financially be sustained.
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