mumbai the relations between the committee of administrators coa running the bcci and the state associations continue to stay at a low ebbthe latest bone of contention is a press release issued by the bcci on tuesday in which the cricket body patted itself on the back after the conclusion of a highly successful 201819 domestic season titled indian domestic season ends with over 2000 matches featuring 6471 players the bccis release said the current domestic season marked many firsts in the history of indian cricket for the first time ever the indian domestic season witnessed as many as 2024 matches involving 37 teams amounting to 3444 match days as compared to 1032 matches involving 28 teams amounting to 18925 match days in the 201718 season efficient scheduling of tournaments ensured leaner tournament window and reduced operational encumbrances of longer tournament windows its a whopping 81 jump in match days which was accommodated with just a 21 increase in season window the bcci claimedthe bccis release however hasnt gone down well with the state associations who feel that the parent body for cricket in india hasnt given its units enough credit for organising all the domestic tournaments despite little financial help forthcoming to them due to the stalemate over adopting the lodha reforms this successful organisation of this domestic season is due to the efforts of the state associations they have provided the system and the infrastructure for this mammoth task despite all the adversities that theyve faced recently theyve successfully conducted domestic cricket its primarily due to their love for cricket the honourable supreme court should take note of it former bcci secretary niranjan shah told toi on wednesday shah was the secretary of the saurashtra cricket association sca for close to 40 years before he was disqualified couple of years back why are they snatching the credit away from the state associations and taking it themselves instead most of the state units havent received their annual grant from the bcci in the past couple of years fumed another state association official the bcci also said that throughout the season 13015 player registrations were received while 6471 players participated in the 201819 season over 100 cities across india hosted senior as well as different agegroup matches the board engaged service of 170 video analysts and as many scorers who ensured every game was scored live on the official website bccitv