Dubai, Aug 29: Having passed the buck to International Cricket Council for taking a final decision on its players` offer for playing in next month`s Champions Trophy, the Indian Cricket Board Thursday said it would request the game`s governing body to extend the Friday deadline for annoucing the squad by a day. "We will request in our talks with ICC that the deadline be extended by a day. Who knows, may be ICC will change its mind," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said. Shah, who is here to attend the ICC meeting, reiterated the Board`s stand that ICC alone could take a decision on the players` offer to play in the tournament without signing the Players` Terms form. "It is up to ICC to change the terms. BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya is talking to the players and he will put forward whatever suggestions that are before him," Shah told reporters.
The Cricket Committee - Management of ICC started its two-day meeting here today but a decision on the players` offer can be taken only by the Executive Board which meets on Saturday. But that would mean the violation of the Friday deadline. As such, Shah said the Board would ask for the extension of the deadline by a day. Bureau Report