On court's directive, Shetty appointed observer for Test

On the directive of the Hyderabad High Court, the BCCI on Tuesday appointed Ratnakar Shetty as observer for the one-off Test match between India and Bangladesh, scheduled to be held in the city from Thursday.

Shetty, BCCI's general manager (game development), has been entrusted with the task to supervise and monitor arrangements being made by

the Hyderabad Cricket Association for the match, according to the Board.

"In compliance with the Order dated 06.02.2017 passed in WP(PIL)M.P. No.30 of 2017 in WP(PIL) No.16 of 2017 by the Hon'ble Hyderabad

Court and further on approval received by the Committee of Administrators of the BCCI, BCCI has appointed Prof. Ratnakar Shetty, General

Manager - Administration and Game Development to be the observer, to supervise and monitor arrangements being made by the Hyderabad

Cricket Association for the Test match," the Cricket Board said in a statement.

The Board added it appointed "Mr. Santosh Rangnekar, Chief Financial Officer, BCCI as the Financial Advisor to ensure proper maintenance of

records in relation to income and expenditure for the said Test match".