Anurag Thakur in ICC's Finance and Commercial Affairs committee

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed BCCI President Anurag Thakur a part of the Finance and Commercial Affairs committee (F&CA) after completion of its board meeting on Saturday. The F&CA wing is one of the most powerful decision-making sub-committees of the ICC as all the revenue related aspects go through it.

The BCCI had raised objections about not having it’s representative in F&CA committee and senior officials in the board termed it as a humiliation with Shashank Manohar being chairman of the global body. However, according to sources, there is a rule which automatically makes Thakur part of the F&CA committee, once he was named the chairman of the ICC’s Development Committee. N Srinivasan was the chairman of F&CA previously.

“The rule states that since Anurag has been made Chairman Development Committee, he is also a member of the F&CA, Executive Committee (ExCo) and Governing Committee,” the source told PTI.

Thakur’s presence in the powerful committees will mean that BCCI will have a bigger say in revenue related decision as well as governance structure which includes whether the number of full member voters should be increased or not.

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The ICC Board meetings concluded in Cape Town on Friday with ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar wrapping up the week of committee meetings with a full ICC Board meeting.

He said: “We have had a productive week working with our Members for the long-term benefit of cricket. We are continuing our work on the whole ICC governance structure, including the revenue share model, and I expect a proposal to go to our board next year.

Decision regarding the governance of the USACA aimed at unifying the sport in the USA. The 2020 T20 Cricket Word Cup which will be held in Australia, International cricket structures and a couple of other important ground level decisions.

“A number of decisions have been taken, particularly around the governance of cricket in the USA, women’s cricket and funding of associate cricket to drive up playing standards.”

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Last month, BCCI, in its 87th Annual General Meeting, has announced that that president Anurag Thakur will continue to represent BCCI in the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC).