"JKCA is an affiliated unit of Board of Control for Cricket in India and as such we have to follow their rules. The BCCI does not allow its registered players to participate in any unapproved tournaments and hence the players here as well cannot participate in any such tournament if they want to continue with the BCCI," joint secretary, JKCA, Ghulam Mohammad Bhat told PTI.
Bhat was reacting to reports about the participation of the JKCA affiliated players in the first-ever Jammu and Kashmir Corporate Cricket Premier League (JKCPL), which is scheduled to begin next week.
The JKCPL organisers had also announced the name of all-rounder Parvez Rasool, who made an impressive IPL debut for Pune Warriors recently, as a participating player.
Bhat said the decision to participate in the tournament has been left to the individual players, but warned that they will lose their benefits from the BCCI.
Any affiliated player of the BCCI or those who are taking benefits from the board, cannot get involved in any unauthorised tournament. If any player wants to take part, the decision is entirely his, but he will have to leave JKCA and BCCI then," he said.