MUMBAI Cricket Association's Apex Council has decided that the association's Secretary and Chief Executive Officer will attend Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC) meetings. The panel also decided to consider candidates who were not part of the list of 24 for various coaches' posts,

Former India opener Lalchand Rajput-led CIC and its members—ex-India cricketers Raju Kulkarni and Sameer Dighe—interviewed 24 candidates on September 9. However, MCA secretary Sanjay Naik and CEO CS Naik were not allowed to be part of the process by the CIC.