KARACHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has clarified that it has “no jurisdiction” over non-international cricket tournaments, including Kashmir Premier League (KPL).
The ICC issued the statement after reports suggested that BCCI has urged ICC not to recognise the Kashmir Premier League sanctioned by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The KPL is set to commence from August 6 in Muzaffarabad.
A spokesperson of ICC told Geo News, “The tournament is not under ICC’s jurisdiction as it is not an international cricket tournament.”
It is pertinent to mention here that the ICC regulation for the sanctioning of an event, clause 2.1.3, states that each national cricket federation shall have the sole and exclusive right to sanction the staging of domestic matches within its territory.
The ICC can interfere only, according to clause 2.1.4, if matches are to be held in the territory of an associate member’s territory.
