BCCI might remove the current members of CAC and rope in new members to replace them | Photo Credit: PTI

Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, members of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), are likely to be dropped from their roles as a report in The Indian Express suggests that they cannot continue their jobs due to the Conflict of Interest issue. It is to be noted that Ganguly is the President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) while he is also a cricket expert, having his media commitments. Laxman, on the other hand, has his media commitments and is also the mentor of the IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Tendulkar cannot continue in the panel as his son is a member of India U-19 team. As per the rules, a coach or selector cannot take over the job if his relative is in contention to make it to the team. In 2015, Narendra Hirwani had quit as the Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh’s selection panel as his son is a first-class cricketer for the state.

(Sachin Tendulkar will not be able to perform the job until his son is in contention to play for a BCCI team. Photo credits: PTI)

The report in The Indian Express adds that the job of CAC will be a paid one now. Presently, Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman perform their role on an honourary basis. Last year, when reports emerged that the committee had asked for a remuneration, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) quashed the reports and clarified that the trio had not asked for any money.

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Presently, the role of CAC is to appoint the head coach for the Indian cricket team. In 2016, the committee named Anil Kumble as the head coach while in 2017, Ravi Shastri was handed the job. Recently, a report in The Times of India had suggested that the members of the panel had no role in the interview process for the appointment of the coach for the women’s cricket team.