CK Khanna, BCCI’s acting president, doesn’t want the careers of KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya to be “kept in a limbo” and has urged the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) to lift their suspension until the court issues a directive, ESPNcricinfo reported. ‘They made a mistake, and they have already been suspended and called back from the series against Australia. Since then, both players have pleaded guilty to the charge of indiscipline and misconduct imposed on them by the CoA. Having missed the ODIs in Australia, their hopes of an imminent return were dashed when the Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing – pertaining to Lodha reforms – indefinitely. The disciplinary issue of the two players is tied to the appointment of a BCCI ombudsman, the board’s final adjudicating authority under its new constitution.

Source: Pakistan Today January 20, 2019 14:20 UTC