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New Delhi: Essel Sports Private Limited (ESPL), owner of the rebel Indian Cricket League, has finally taken crickets bigwigs to task for granting their league pariah status.
Claiming restraint of trade and unlawful ban on ICL-associated players, the ICL has served notice on the ICC, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the BCCI.
According to a website, the notice, served by a London-based legal firm, says the decision to bar ICL players from the English county circuit violated the UKs restraint of trade laws.
It also says the BCCI "engaged in a range of activities clearly calculated to deter and prevent prospective players (and others) from involving themselves with ICL".
The ECB has been named as the first respondent in the notice while the BCCI and ICC have been named as second and third. While ESPL has been named as the first claimant, unidentified "professional cricketers" have been named as the second claimant.
Further legal proceedings, if any, are expected to take place in the UK, the website reported, quoting an ICL spokesperson as saying: "There are a lot of issues involved including the restraint of trade and threatening of players who were part of the ICL."
