The BCCI has confirmed that India will be participating in the Champions Trophy.
There was plenty of speculation and uncertainty on whether India will be participating in the upcoming Champions Trophy as BCCI were unhappy with the outcomes of the ICC board meetings.
ICC had approved a new constitution, governance structure and financial model, in which BCCI's shares of ICC revenues were heavily cut down.
Therefore, BCCI decided that it would pull out of the Champions Trophy.
However, a Special General Meeting (SGM) was held and it was unanimously decided that India would play in the Champions Trophy.
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The Board unanimously authorized the acting Hony. Secretary of the BCCI (Amitabh Choudhary) to continue negotiations with the ICC in the best interest of the BCCI while keeping its legal options open. The BCCI SGM unanimously decided that the Indian cricket team will participate in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.
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The Indian squad will be announced on Monday. All the other teams have already announced their squads.
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