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You already know about the continuing war between ICL and BCCI, the regulatory body of Indian cricket. In April, Subhas Chandra, the chief of Essel Group, came up with a new cricket tournament in India named Indian Cricket League (ICL). From the very beginning BCCI officials were against it. Now, the recent news is that former Indian cricketer and coach of Indian cricket team Sandeep Patil has recently joined ICL as a coach of one of the six teams. BCCI is planning to stop providing his pension that he has been getting from BCCI as a former cricketer.

Rediff.Com reported:

"Yes, Sandeep Patil has joined the ICL and will be coaching one of the six teams," the League's Creative Head Ajay Kapoor said.

The 50-year-old, who played in 29 Tests and 45 One-Day Internationals for India in the 1980s, took the plunge to join the rebel league on Thursday, according to sources close to him.

"The Board has decided to stop all the entitlements to any current or former player, official or umpire who is connected to the ICL. A letter to this effect will soon reach all those who are receiving such remunerations from the Board," BCCI sources revealed.

Earlier, Kapil Dev, the world cup winning captain of Indian cricket team, and his once team mate Kiron More joined ICL and that was also criticized by the board officials. ICL will have six teams and each team will consist of some cricket stars from around the world and some local cricketers. The tournament committee has already ensured involvement of some former great cricketers like Brian Lara, Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath in ICL. It seems that BCCI is losing the war to stop ICL.