Srinagar:
As the Services team is suspended from the entire Ranji season, sources say the decision not to play in Srinagar was taken at a local level.
Sources told NDTV that the decision had been taken at the local level and that the Service Head Quarters was caught off guard.
Sources have also told NDTV that the Army has been told to fix responsibility on who took the decision to pull Services out.
The main concern was security and possible heckling and booing in the stadium while the Services would play, say sources.
They also claim that the concern about security was based on intelligence inputs.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) lashed out at the Indian Army on Tuesday, after the Services cricket team forfeited a Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir.
Despite an apology from the Services team after angry reactions from the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), the BCCI reiterated its ban on the Army's team for this season.
The board said that an apology makes no difference, as the tournament's schedule cannot fit in another match in Srinagar.
Earlier, the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) had said that they had "apologised to the BCCI for the administrative slip-up in despatch of its team and requested them for fresh dates."
The apology came after BCCI banned Services from this year's Ranji Trophy cricket season, for skipping Tuesday's match in Srinagar citing security reasons.
JKCA chief Farooq Abdullah was livid at the Plate Division match's forfeiture; the Sher-E-Kashmir stadium was hosting a Ranji game after a gap of five years,
Abdullah had threatened to take up the matter with the Prime Minister and the Home Minister, saying Services had negated the Government of India's positive assessment of the state's security situation.