BCCI has dropped the $42 mn claim against West Indies over an aborted series

India's cricket board, the Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI), has decided to drop a $42 million damages claim against the West Indies because of an abandoned tour in 2014. This has happened after the new World Twenty20 champions agreed to return for a tour next year.

The huge claim lodged by BCCI had threatened to cripple the already cash-stripped West Indies cricket board, which has since long been at loggerheads with its own players over lack of funds.

However, BCCI president Shashank Manohar has told Cricinfo that the claim was dropped after the West Indies agreed to fulfil their original commitments and return for a tour next year.

The case started when West Indies players went back from their India tour in October 2014 because of a long-running pay dispute. The two teams are now due to play one ODI, three Test matches and a T20 international, the schedule of which would be decided later on.

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