The future of India’s cricketing ties with the West Indies will be up for discussion in Hyderabad on Tuesday as the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s working committee huddles in the aftermath of the pullout by Dwayne Bravo & Co less than halfway through the tour.

The West Indies were scheduled to play five ODIs, one T20 international and three Tests during the 52-day-long tour. But the players pulled the plug over a payment dispute with their board, WICB, after the fourth ODI in Dharamsala on Friday. The abrupt ending has reportedly cost the BCCI Rs 400 crore and it is considering legal options against the WICB. The Indian board, it is learnt, has asked its legal division to prepare a guideline draft on how to pursue the case further. It will be tabled during tomorrow’s meeting, and based on the draft, the BCCI will decide its future course of action.

It is, however, unlikely that the BCCI will sever all bilateral cricket ties with the West Indies — at least not in this meeting — even though some of its office bearers are demanding precisely that.

“It’s unlikely that we are going to take a drastic call tomorrow,” a top BCCI official told The Indian Express. “But the fact of the matter is that the BCCI has suffered a huge loss. The West Indian board has let us and the sport down. The BCCI has managed to arrange a replacement series. But we feel we’ve been hard done by the WICB. That said, we shouldn’t jump the gun. The right process should be followed. We will seek explanation. But it (severance) will happen, if not tomorrow then in the near future.”

According to the draft FTP for the 2015-2023 cycle, India are supposed to play 10 Tests, 15 ODIs and four T20s over five series against the West Indies. The next tour to the Caribbean is scheduled for 2016. “The West Indies have to demonstrate that they’re a responsible Test-playing nation before we start playing with them again. The way they pulled out of the series was very irresponsible. We tried to assure them. I held talks with Dwayne Bravo ahead of the first ODI in Kochi. But they dishonoured their commitments and broke a gentleman’s agreement. Their action has put us in a serious spot of bother. We are answerable to our fans, sponsors and stakeholders; and the members are very upset,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel had told this paper two days ago.

The working committee meeting will be preceded by the IPL governing council meeting. IPL chairman Ranjib Biswal rejected suggestions that the council will take a call on the West Indian players’ participation in the league.

“No, we will discuss our next year’s programme — about some new guidelines and the venue of the opening ceremony. The Working committee is the BCCI’s highest body, and if a decision has to be taken, it will be taken in that meeting,” Biswal said.

A senior board functionary, who didn’t wish to come on record, added: “See, participation in the IPL is a bit complicated issue. It’s a tripartite agreement between board, franchises and players, and the team owners have a say. We will touch upon the subject in the (working committee) meeting, but our problem is with the WICB and things will be dealt with at the board level.”\Tomorrow’s meeting will also have a discussion about the title sponsorship for the upcoming five ODIs against Sri Lanka. Micromax was the title sponsor for the West Indies series and the deal was for Rs 1 crore per match. “We’ve to see if Micromax stays as the title sponsor for the Sri Lanka series as well or another company comes on board. Sponsorship amount, too, has to be increased to compensate the loss,” a BCCI member said.

Meanwhile, Cuttack will host the first ODI against Sri Lanka on November 2 followed by the second one in Kolkata on November 5 or 6. The dates and venues for other three matches haven’t been finalised yet.