New Delhi, Jan 3 (CRICKETNMORE): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Monday said that the Supreme Court's decision to sack BCCI President Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke was a "right decision" and the cricket body should not have defied the orders of the apex court.

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Tewari, while stressing that it was his personal opinion, said : "If you ask me personally, it is the right decision of the Supreme Court and BCCI should not have defied its orders of July 18."

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He also said that he had appeared as an advocate for cricketers Bishen Singh Bedi, Kirti Azad and others before the Supreme Court in the matter. 

Cracking the whip on a defiant BCCI for not complying with its orders to implement the R.M. Lodha Committee reforms, the Supreme Court on Monday sacked its President Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke.

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