<p>The BCCI is all set to make this important change at its AGM on September 29 in the wake of the scandal which engulfed the now suspended Lalit Modi-led IPL, a sub-committee of the Board, and bring it on par with its other sub-committees, revealed a top source today.<br />"It needs a constitutional change and can be done at the AGM. The idea is to bring down the IPL Governing Council's tenure to one year, on par with the other sub-committees of the Board," the source told PTI.<br /><br />The reconstituted IPL GC will also have only two former cricketers, and not three as it is at present, and will have a Chairman, five other members plus all the office bearers of the BCCI in it, the source said.<br /><br />The present 13-strong committee comprises three ex-captains in Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri and they are entrusted with looking after the cricketing part of what is essentially a business-cum-sport venture of the BCCI.<br /><br />Under Modi, who was suspended on April 26 and is facing a slew of charges of financial irregularities in the running of the T20 League, the IPL virtually functioned as a parallel power centre as he was given free reins in running the League.<br /><br />Board President Shashank Manohar, after the suspension of Modi, admitted at a press conference that in hindsight it could be said too much power vested on one man (Modi) was a "mistake" committed by the Board</p>
<p>The BCCI is all set to make this important change at its AGM on September 29 in the wake of the scandal which engulfed the now suspended Lalit Modi-led IPL, a sub-committee of the Board, and bring it on par with its other sub-committees, revealed a top source today.<br />"It needs a constitutional change and can be done at the AGM. The idea is to bring down the IPL Governing Council's tenure to one year, on par with the other sub-committees of the Board," the source told PTI.<br /><br />The reconstituted IPL GC will also have only two former cricketers, and not three as it is at present, and will have a Chairman, five other members plus all the office bearers of the BCCI in it, the source said.<br /><br />The present 13-strong committee comprises three ex-captains in Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri and they are entrusted with looking after the cricketing part of what is essentially a business-cum-sport venture of the BCCI.<br /><br />Under Modi, who was suspended on April 26 and is facing a slew of charges of financial irregularities in the running of the T20 League, the IPL virtually functioned as a parallel power centre as he was given free reins in running the League.<br /><br />Board President Shashank Manohar, after the suspension of Modi, admitted at a press conference that in hindsight it could be said too much power vested on one man (Modi) was a "mistake" committed by the Board</p>