The Supreme Court bench comprising of Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice Ibrahim Kalifullah described the report by Justice RM Lodha Committee on the overhaul of the BCCI as “straightforward, rational and understandable” and advised the board to “fallin line” and accept the recommendations.

“Your members have been wielding power for long... There will be no second innings here,” Chief Justice of India Tirath Singh Thakur said, reported the Hindu.

BCCI has been dilly-dallying with them made by the Lodha committe for the past one month and asked for more time to discuss them among its members.

“Without saying, we respect the recommendations. It is not that we fail to see the writing on the wall, but these are sweeping changes... we need time to respond,” senior advocate Shekhar Naphade representing the BCCI, submitted.

Among the recommendations made by the Lodha committee, the proposal for the BCCI to come under RTI and ‘one vote for one association’ are seen as sweeping changes by the board. The Apex Court came hard on the board and asked them to do give their response before the next hearing on March 3.

"If you have any difficulty in implementing it, we will have the Lodha Committee implement it for you," said Justice Thakur to the BCCI counsel, according to ESPNCricinfo.