Despite its ongoing tussle with the Indian Cricket League, BCCI will not
stop payment of past dues to the players who have joined the ICL and all such
pending amounts till the 2006-07 season will be cleared. 
A media release issued to this effect by BCCI's Chief Administrative
Officer, Prof Ratnakar Shetty, clarified that reports to the contrary
appearing in the media were absolutely baseless and false.
"The board will clear all the dues of the players till the 2006-2007 season,"
he said.
The BCCI, at its SGM held in Mumbai on August 21, had decided
that players and others were free to be with the board or with any other organisation
but once they decide to join the other organisation they would not be entitled
to any benefits from the BCCI or be connected with any of its activities.
Subsequent to this resolution that was passed unanimously,
Kapil Dev automatically ceased to be the chairman of National Cricket
Academy and till a new chairman was elected in its AGM on September 28,
vice-chairman Ajay Shirke will act as the stand-in for the ousted former
India captain.
The 44 Indian players who had joined ICL as declared by the
Essel Group-floated venture have also been debarred from taking part in any
of its activities and will henceforth also not get financial and other benefits
from the Board.
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