PANAJI
Managing Committee of the Goa Cricket Association on Friday rejected allegations that it was responsible for the Rs 50 crore accounting mismatch as flagged by an audit report and blamed the previous managing committee for levelling unfounded allegations against them.
Addressing a press conference, the team led by Former Ranji player and President Mahesh Dessai, Vice President Paresh Phadte, Secretary Tulshidas Shetye and Treasurer Abdul Majid, said that of the period covered by the audit, they were at the helm only for three months.
“The period covered by the audit is between April 2024 to March 2025 and April 2025 to December 2025. The new managing committee was in charge for just three months of the above period. The election was held on September 16 and we entered the office on October 1,” treasurer Abdul Majid, said.
The managing committee said that the matter, which is pending before the High Court, will be heard on November 30 which will allow their advocate to rebut the allegations made by the previous managing committee.
