According to sources, the Indian board (BCCI) is in the process of writing a letter to the ICC, explaining how its chief executive committee's (CEC) defeated motion can't be made into a rule.
Sources said at the last CEC meeting in Dubai last month, ICC failed to pass the resolution to make it into a rule, as only three members supported the move.
England, Australia and New Zealand were apparently in favour of the existing two new-balls rule, but BCCI had the support of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Sources said both the West Indies and South Africa abstained from voting.
As per the present playing conditions, two new balls are used from both ends, which is apparently creating problems for the sub-continent spinners.
CEC terms also say that any resolution needs "two-thirds of the aggregate number of votes exercisable by the full member committee" to be passed. ICC has 10 full members in the CEC as well on the ICC board, which consists of all heads of Test playing nations.
Insiders in the board ruled out another voting in the ICC executive board meeting because the motion has already defeated in the CEC. "The board representatives will talk to the countries like Australia, New Zealand and England to give the rule a burial," a BCCI insider told TOI on Tuesday.
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