TCA urges BCCI to stop HCA’s Telangana T20 League
The Telangana Cricket Association has sought BCCI intervention against the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s plan to organise the Telangana T20 Premier League. TCA alleged violations of the BCCI Constitution and demanded the scrapping of HCA’s Governing Council, citing pending court cases
Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) has sought the intervention of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) against the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) decision to organise the Telangana T20 Premier League championship.
The TCA submitted to the BCCI that the HCA’s Governing Council and its TPL proposal were in violation of the Supreme Court-approved BCCI Constitution.
TCA accused the HCA of overstepping its jurisdiction and operating through what it described as a “constitutionally disqualified and conflict-ridden” Governing Council.
The Association has sought the scrapping of the Council and a restraint on HCA from conducting cricketing activities across Telangana beyond Hyderabad city limits, pending adjudication of ongoing court cases.
The TCA recalled that the BCCI had earlier advised the HCA to confine its operations to Hyderabad’s urban limits and allow the TCA to coordinate and oversee district-level cricket in Telangana, in view of the pending legal proceedings involving both bodies.
TCA General Secretary Dharam Guruva Reddy Dharam said in a statement that the league proposal violated multiple provisions of the BCCI Constitution and is impermissible during the pendency of writ petitions before the Bombay High Court (WP No. 3678/2023) and the Telangana High Court (WPP No. 39837/2025).
He asserted that the entire Governing Council of the HCA stands disqualified, alleging that its members are either illegally appointed, in conflict of interest, or lacking a valid mandate.
