LONDON: The BCCI will oppose Zimbabwe's expulsion from the International Cricket Council at the ICC annual meeting in Dubai next week, a decision that would put the Indian Board on collision course with its counterparts in South Africa and England.
A 'Daily Telegraph' report quoted an unnamed BCCI official as saying that the Indian Board "was still behind Zimbabwe and would not support any motion to throw them out of the ICC" at the meeting on Wednesday.
Earlier, Cricket South Africa was the first to suspend its bilateral ties with Zimbabwe. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) followed suit by scrapping a proposed tour by Zimbabwe next year.
The ECB wants to strip Zimbabwe of ODI status, which would bar the African nation from appearing at the World Twenty20 Championship in England next year.
ECB fears that Zimbabwe's presence would almost certainly prevent the tournament from going ahead as the British government is unlikely to issue visas for Zimbabwean cricketers.
In that case, ICC would be forced to strip England of the lucrative competition and award it to the back-up venue, Canada.
