THE Cricket Club of India (CCI) has called an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on February 27, at the club premises. The club wishes to win, by vote, the approval of its members to hold Indian Premier League (IPL) matches for April-May 2009. The club's circular states that it has been approached by the BCCI for the use of the Brabourne Stadium for IPL matches this year. The Wankhede Stadium is under renovation.

Cricket, holy cricket
The EGM has been called as the elite Churchgate club seeks the members' vote to authorise the executive committee to negotiate and finalise with the BCCI or other cricket bodies suitable terms for holding IPL T20 matches including its final in April-May 2009, at the club and similar other cricket matches at the club.

Sacrifice please
The approval of the member base is sought as holding an event of the magnitude of the IPL would entail some amount of sacrifice and inconvenience to members for a short while. The parking at the club would definitely be affected. Then, members who use the Brabourne for other activities like walking and jogging may be affected, as the ground would have to be match ready. Given tight security measures, entire use of the club would be affected.