ICC orders PCB to pay 60% of BCCI legal costs in compensation case

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday ordered the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to pay 60 percent of the amount claimed by the Indian cricket board and the ICC panel, in a legal fight between the two cricket boards.

The PCB has been ordered to pay the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s “claimed costs…and the administrative costs and expenses of the [ICC] panel”.

The amount is estimated at Rs150 million, sources said.

The judgment is binding and non-appealable.

The ICC had last month dismissed PCB’s claim for compensation from BCCI over its refusal to honour an agreement to play bilateral series.

The PCB had demanded 70 million dollars in compensation from India, saying that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2014 had guaranteed six India-Pakistan bilateral series between 2015 and 2023, four of which would be hosted by Pakistan.

Responding to ICC’s decision today, the PCB said it was disappointed in the original decision as well as the award given against it.

“The award of significantly lesser costs than claimed by BCCI reflects that PCB’s case had merits,” the board further said.