Published: Jun 11, 2017, 10:26 AM (IST)
Edited: Jun 11, 2017, 03:45 PM (IST)
Earlier today we had published a news on basis of an Indian Express report. As per the report, the three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising of Indian cricket’s stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman had demanded money from The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the job of selecting the Head Coach of the Indian national cricket team, thus putting BCCI and the Committee of Administrators (COA) in a spot of bother. However, BCCI have denied the news in their own release.
Here is what BCCI had to say: “The Indian Express Newspaper of 11th June (today), carries a news item stating that there was a claim by the members of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), for being compensated for their meetings held to select a head coach for the Indian Cricket Team. BCCI wishes to clarify that there has been no such claim and the story carried by the newspaper is totally baseless and devoid of facts. The contents of this article are malicious and such attempts to dilute and misrepresent the continued contribution of these former legends of Indian Cricket are totally incorrect and unfounded. BCCI wishes to reiterate the fact that the guidance and recommendations of the CAC are invaluable for the betterment of Indian cricket and we urge the publication to withdraw the said article and make suitable amends.”
Here is the original report we had published earlier today:
The three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising of Indian cricket’s stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman has put the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Committee of Administrators (COA) in a fix. The CAC, which was entrusted with the job of picking the Indian cricket team’s next head coach, has reportedly demanded remuneration from the board for electing the next coach of Team India. The trio, after its first meeting post India-Sri Lanka game at the Oval on Thursday, informed BCCI CEO Rahul Johri that they do not want their services to be honorary. Johri is expected to pass on the message to the COA, which will take the final call on the CAC’s demand.
A report published in the Indian Express claimed that there are few in the board who think the CAC members should not be paid for their services. “This happens to be a BCCI sub-committee, plus one of them happens to be a BCCI member. Since members of various other BCCI committees don’t get paid, CAC can’t be an exception. There was this demand earlier too, but BCCI turned it down,” the report quoted a BCCI office-bearer as saying.
While Ganguly is the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), both he and Laxman are BCCI-contracted commentators. The CAC had, in fact, requested for remuneration in 2015 as well, when it was formed. However, the late Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was then the BCCI President and in fact the man behind the formation of the CAC, had turned down the request. “According to him, the BCCI does not traditionally pay its committee members. The members are provided accommodation, daily allowance and a car on days of meetings. This is what is extended to CAC,” said a former BCCI office-bearer.
The idea behind the CAC’s formation was that the three legends could ‘give back to the game’ which has given them so much.
