BCCI forgives West Indies for abandoning 2014 tour, waives off USD 42 million penalty

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar has decided to waive off the USD 41.97 million claim for damages imposed on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for abandoning their tour of India midway in 2014. (Also read: BCCI threatens to pull IPL out of India amid water crisis )

West Indies will visit in India to complete the unfinished matches next year.

Led by Dwayne Bravo, the West Indies pulled out of the tour on October 17, 2014 following pay disputes with their board. The visitors, at the time of departure, had yet to play the last ODI of a five-match series, a one-off T20 International and three Test matches.

Then BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel had said that the BCCI was contemplating legal action against the WICB. However, the issue has been sorted out under Manohar's dispensation. His officials had spoken with the West Indies board late last year and also cleared a tour of the Caribbean, which has been scheduled for this summer.

"That is now sorted out because they are going to come back and play here next year," Manohar told ESPNcricinfo. "They have to complete those [unfinished] games. That was a claim raised by the board. [We] would be satisfied by them coming and playing here."

The schedule for India's tour of West Indies will be finalised by the end of May, according to Manohar. ESPNcricinfo reported that the BCCI had laid out no other conditions during their discussions with the WICB.