Rahul Dravid included in ICC Anti-Corruption Unit Oversight Group

Rahul Dravid included in ICC Anti-Corruption Unit Oversight Group

Rahul Dravid has been included in the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Oversight Group to review its performance annually, if the latest reports are to be believed. The stylish former Indian cricketer, who is among the top run-getters in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI), was included in the group in the ICC’s first meeting of 2016 at its Dubai headquarters. The group was formally constituted after the board received an update from retired senior British police officer and current Chairman of the ACU Sir Ronnie Flanagan, with the likes of legal expert Louis Weston, independent anti-corruption unit advisor John Abbott, ICC CEO Dave Richardson aside from Flanagan himself. The decision was among the several made during the course of the evening, during which the board reviewed its constitution as well as governance structures. READ: ICC decides to bring transparency in internal governance

According to a press release on its official website, the group “will meet once a year to review and provide  independent input into the strategy adopted by the sport to tackle corruption and its implementation, and to offer its advice and guidance to the Chairman of the ACU where required.”

Dravid is currently serving as the coach of the India A and the India Under-19 team, with the latter currently participating in the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2016 in Bangladesh. In an international career spanning 16 years between 1996 and 2012, Dravid represented India in 164 Tests and 344 ODIs, scoring 13,288 and 10,889 runs in the two formats respectively. He had also served as the full-time captain of the Indian team following the axing of Sourav Ganguly between 2005 and 2007.