The BCCI has threatened to pull out of the Champions Trophy, which begins on June 1. The BCCI has threatened to pull out of the Champions Trophy, which begins on June 1. On the other than, the email from Thakur’s office asked state units to give their consent for the BCCI to send a notice to the ICC stating their intention to pull out of the Champions Trophy. It is learnt that by Wednesday evening, over 20 state units had given their consent to acting BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary. Of the state units which had not given their consent till late Wednesday were Maharashtra and Mumbai.

Source: Indian Express May 03, 2017 19:52 UTC