BCCI seeks arbitration over Ganguly ban

The Indian cricket board has presented the ICC Council with a formal appeal asking that the dispute concerning the six-match ODI ban slapped on Sourav Ganguly be referred to arbitration. The letter, signed by Ranbir Singh Mahendra, the board president, was addressed to Ehsan Mani, the president of the ICC.

Mahendra confirmed to PTI that the request had been sent but refused to disclose the contents. The letter is the latest move by the BCCI in its two-month standoff with the ICC over the ban handed out to Ganguly by Chris Broad, the match referee, for the India's slow over rate in the Ahmedabad one-day international against Pakistan on April 12.