MUMBAI: The Indian Premiere League (IPL) Governing Council has recognized the urgent need to understand the impact of the Lodha Committee verdict on the IPL and the wider ramifications for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in detail. This, to uphold the paramountcy of the game in the country.

The Governing Council has authorised chairman Rajeev Shukla, to constitute a working group, which will study this verdict in consultation with all the key advisors and explore all the possible measures to be adopted, with an objective to protect the interests of all the stakeholders involved.

This group will work within a time bound period of six weeks and report their recommendations to the IPL Governing Council, which will deliberate and share their views with the working committee of the BCCI, for further action.