The Indian board is exploring the possibility of buying the rights for ICC's global events for the next seven years. The ICC's current $550 million seven-year deal ends with next year's World Cup in West Indies.

ICC's global events for the period 2007-15 include two World Cups.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India signed its own media rights contract worth $612 million in February, making it one of the world's richest cricket bodies.

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