West Indies cricket team's chief selector and former captain Clive Lloyd has apologised for the national team's abrupt withdrawal from India tour because of a pay dispute between the country's cricket board and the players' union.
Lloyd said that he wants to talk about the West Indies, adding that he apologises for the team leaving. He said that some guys decided to stop this tour and he considers it as a mistake.
Lloyd hoped relations between the two cricket boards would not suffer due to the incident. He said that he did not want it to end like this, and added that it is unfortunate West Indies left, and hopes that the damage is not irreparable, Sport24 reported.
The West Indies team abandoned the tour after the fourth ODI in Dharamsala on Friday, with one more ODI, a Twenty20 and three Tests remaining in the tour.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) replaced the abandoned matches with five ODIs against Sri Lanka next month, but still stands to lose over 50 million dollars in revenue.
The BCCI called for an emergency meeting Tuesday to decide on the issue of claiming damages and raising the matter with the International Cricket Council (ICC). Its secretary Sanjay Patel also indicated the board is considering severing bilateral cricket ties with the West Indies.
Patel said that the working committee members would have a dialogue on this and after that they might consider to not pursue further Future Tours Programs with West Indies.
Patel added that he had a very hectic time and this was an unprecedented decision. He said that the BCCI would discuss all these at the working committee.