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Patna: Hailing Board of Control for Cricket in India decision of restoring the affiliation to the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA-1935) comprising the states of Bihar and Jharkhand, Union Railway Minster and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad said it was 'a good development' aimed at promoting cricket.
"It is a good development. The restoration of affiliation to the Cricket Association of undivided Bihar is in the interest of budding cricketers of the two states," Lalu said.
Lalu Prasad, who is also the president of Bihar Cricket Association formed after Jharkhand was made a separate state, said the decision would facilitate the two states to receive fund for promoting cricket.
"Now the BCA elections will be held within three months and national and international matches would also be organised at the Moin-ul Haq stadium here with the cooperation of the BCCI," he added.
He said he would approach the BCCI to provide fund for the uplift of the Moin-ul Haq stadium in Patna.
In reply to a question, he said, "Everyone has to work for the better cricket environment in Bihar".
Referring to nine cricketers from Players Association in Bihar being taken into custody when they made attempts to storm into the meeting of the BCCI to seek affiliation to their association in Chennai, Lalu said the boys had gone to Chennai in "over-enthusiasm".
They were later released in the evening, he said.
The BCCI had on Wednesday restored the affiliation of the Bihar Cricket Association-1935, which was looking after the state cricket before bifurcation of Bihar in 2000.
The Bihar Cricket Association-1935 vice president Alok Raj said the BCCI had restored the affiliation of the association after the special general meeting of the BCCI held in Chennai arrived at a conclusion that the change of name from the BCA to Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) was wrong.
But the implementation of the decision was subject to the approval by the Jharkhand High Court, which would hear the case filed by the Jharkhand State Cricket Association on September 1, Raj said.
Meanwhile, then secretary of the BCA Ajay Narayan Sharma, while welcoming the decision, said the players from Bihar had ultimately achieved "a great success" after prolonged struggle for getting affiliation to promote cricket in the state.
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