Greg Barclay and Geoff Allardice, the chairman and CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC) respectively, have sought appointments with the television and digital media executives in India, and are set to meet them in Mumbai. Both, invited by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the IPL playoffs and final, will be in the city on Friday when the meetings are scheduled.
Barclay, currently in Kolkata for the first two matches of the play-offs, will be joined by the CEO in Mumbai before they proceed to Ahmedabad for the final on Sunday (May 29). ICC sources and media executives have confirmed to Cricbuzz about the meeting, expected to discuss the ICC rights tender, the process of which is expected to be completed in July. The ICC will be selling the rights for the 2024-31 cycle of world cricket. The tender will be out immediately after the BCCI completes the sale of the IPL rights by mid-June.
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