CEO of Cricket South Africa Haroon Lorgat has been fired from handling India affairs

Undoubtedly, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has witnessed the exit of Haroon Lorgat from dealing India affairs on behalf of Cricket South Africa. Reportedly, the Chief Executive Officer of the South African Cricket Board Lorgat will only handle domestic cricket issues plus non-India matters.

In fact, the allegations against Lorgat is linked to his role in the statement issued by former legal head David Becker of ICC that the BCCI's flouting of the FTP might have legal implications.

Becker, in his statement released to the media last week had mentioned that it was "improper" to let a member body to "blatantly disregard an ICC resolution". It is reported on Monday that the issue was discussed during the ICC Executive Board meeting in London. If CSA, who are desperate enough to curtail the financial loss that it would incur in case the series does not proceed, decided to move ahead with the progress. Further, it could shatter the deadlock between the boards over the proposed India's tour to South Africa in December or January.

It has emerged that BCCI had lot of run-ins with Lorgat when he was the International Cricket Council CEO in Dubai.
The exact details of the series has not yet been confirmed, but ICC regulations have stipulated a minimum of 3 ODIs and 2 Tests for a contest to be called as a "full" bilateral series. Anyway, the BCCI had objected to a much longer tour schedule, along with three Tests, a day following it was declared by CSA on 9th July. On the other side, the Indians felt offended, as the tour details were announced without consulting with the BCCI. No doubt, the first backlash from the BCCI arrived when it hastily arranged an unscheduled series with the West Indies in December. Of course, this will also be Sachin Tendulkar's farewell Test series.
Unfortunately, the fate of India's tour is hanging in balance for numerous weeks. Actually, BCCI's apathy towards Lorgat was apparent, which added fuel to fire. Moreover, former ICC legal head David Becker charged Srinivasan for openly violating the FTP calendar, that is endorsed by the ICC Executive Board, which consists of the heads of full Test-playing countries. Becker insisted that Srinivasan was arm-twisting Boards to match with BCCI's needs.
Remarkably, Becker currently advises South Africa and is known to be a Lorgat representative. Reportedly, BCCI has requested the ICC Ethics Commission to investigate how Becker and Lorgat made public remarks that degraded the relationship between the two major cricket Boards during last weekend's ICC meeting in London. In addition, this helped CSA to construct a case against its own CEO Lorgat.
Interestingly, the ICC is not at all amused with Becker's public declaration against Srinivasan. The ICC proclaimed to the media that the ICC is disgusted to read the inappropriate and unsubstantiated remarks made by Mr Becker regarding the governance of the ICC as well as its Board of directors. In fact, these comments are made almost 18 months following Mr Becker quited from the ICC and when he was acting as a legal advisor to Cricket South Africa (CSA). After talks with the President of CSA, Mr Chris Nenzani, they are assured that these comments fail to reflect the view of CSA and are Mr Becker's own personal comments.
Ultimately, CSA is under pressure to salvage the Indian tour to stop huge financial losses and in addition give a better picture to the stake holders, which also includes local cricket Unions, who depend intensely on international travels to manage their budgets. Frankly, an Indian tour is always taken as the most lucrative event due to its colossal commercial value.