The differences between the two factions in the Apex Council of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) was out in the open on Monday after the so-called inauguration of the refurbished indoor academy at the MCA’s Bandra-Kurla Complex ground.

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was, it is learnt, invited by MCA secretary Sanjay Naik to inaugurate the indoor academy. Besides Naik, a few MCA Apex Council members, some MCA club members, Mumbai’s chief selector Salil Ankola and Cricket Improvement Committee head Jatin Paranjape were present at the occasion.