<p>New Delhi: The BCCI Apex Council will meet on Wednesday to discuss a variety of issues related to the Board's functioning but the appointment of a new secretary to replace the outgoing Jay Shah is not on the agenda.</p>.<p>It will be the last apex council meet before the Board's 93rd Annual General Meeting in Bengaluru in five days' time. The appointment of a new secretary has become necessary after Shah was unanimously elected as the next ICC Chairman.</p>.<p>However, he will not step down from his current role as BCCI Secretary during the upcoming AGM, as he is scheduled to assume his new position only from December 1.</p>.Former ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat appointed as USA's National Cricket League commissioner.<p>But even a discussion on the process of nomination is not part of the eight items listed in the apex council's agenda which features, among others, the update on Byju's matter.</p>.<p>The BCCI has a payment settlement issue with their former title sponsor.</p>.<p>The embattled edtech firm ended its sponsorship deal with the BCCI in March last year.</p>.<p>The Bengaluru-based company, co-founded by Byju Raveendran, had initially signed a jersey sponsorship deal in March 2019 for three years, which was later extended by another year for a reported sum of USD 55 million.</p>.<p>Payments were made until September 2022, but the controversy revolves around unpaid dues from October 2022 to March 2023.</p>.<p>There will also be a discussion on the inauguration of the state-of-the-art National Cricket Academy on the outskirts of Bengaluru.</p>.<p>Currently, the NCA functions at the M Chinnaswamy stadium premises since its inception over two decades back.</p>.<p>Approval for commencement of renovation work on the exteriors of the BCCI headquarters at Mumbai and the North East development project are also part of the agenda. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The BCCI Apex Council will meet on Wednesday to discuss a variety of issues related to the Board's functioning but the appointment of a new secretary to replace the outgoing Jay Shah is not on the agenda.</p>.<p>It will be the last apex council meet before the Board's 93rd Annual General Meeting in Bengaluru in five days' time. The appointment of a new secretary has become necessary after Shah was unanimously elected as the next ICC Chairman.</p>.<p>However, he will not step down from his current role as BCCI Secretary during the upcoming AGM, as he is scheduled to assume his new position only from December 1.</p>.Former ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat appointed as USA's National Cricket League commissioner.<p>But even a discussion on the process of nomination is not part of the eight items listed in the apex council's agenda which features, among others, the update on Byju's matter.</p>.<p>The BCCI has a payment settlement issue with their former title sponsor.</p>.<p>The embattled edtech firm ended its sponsorship deal with the BCCI in March last year.</p>.<p>The Bengaluru-based company, co-founded by Byju Raveendran, had initially signed a jersey sponsorship deal in March 2019 for three years, which was later extended by another year for a reported sum of USD 55 million.</p>.<p>Payments were made until September 2022, but the controversy revolves around unpaid dues from October 2022 to March 2023.</p>.<p>There will also be a discussion on the inauguration of the state-of-the-art National Cricket Academy on the outskirts of Bengaluru.</p>.<p>Currently, the NCA functions at the M Chinnaswamy stadium premises since its inception over two decades back.</p>.<p>Approval for commencement of renovation work on the exteriors of the BCCI headquarters at Mumbai and the North East development project are also part of the agenda. </p>