BCCI shifts IPL venue Little & Co bats for Deccan Chargers issue notice

After the Board for Cricket Control in India moved 6 matches for the third edition of the Twenty-20 Indian Premier League out of Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam, defending champions Deccan Chargers have slapped the BCCI with a notice..Deccan Chargers Sporting Ventures Limited, that manages the cricket team, have threatened to withdraw from the IPL, in the event the BCCI responds in the negative. Deccan Chargers claim that they have spent substantial sums of money in organizing for the matches to be played on the home turf, and the shift will cause them, heavy losses..Ajay Khatlawala, the Managing Partner of Little & Co’s Mumbai office is representing the sports franchise. Reports indicate that notice alleges that the BCCI unilaterally, without consulting Deccan Chargers changed the venue, which is in breach of the 2008 Franchise Agreement. The matches had been shifted out of Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam on the grounds that the region’s political situation was unstable, creating a security risk. The revised schedule that was released indicated Nagpur and Mumbai as alternate venues to play the Chargers’ matches..In the event that BCCI’s decision comes through, the Hyderabad based Deccan Chargers would not be playing any games on the home turf this IPL..Our sources had erroneously informed us that FoxMandal Little was representing Deccan Chargers. We regret the error caused.