CoA chief Vinod Rai had recently said that Dravid had resigned from India Cements so that he wasn't conflicted.
MPCA member Sanjeev Gupta had complained against Dravid citing a conflict in his role as the head of NCA along side being an employee of India Cements.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has thrown his weight behind Vikram Rathour, who’s leading the race for India’s batting coach.
A major issue faced by the cricketers is pertaining to dual roles -- player-commentator, commentator-IPL-franchise staff, commentator-administrator-franchise mentor, BCCI post-IPL franchise employee.
Kumble finds the situation a bit unfortunate as there are only 300 Test cricketers in India and may be only 50 per cent who are still alive.
Dravid is also the vice-president of India Cements, which owns Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
It effectively means that Tendulkar won't be a part of the new coach selection process after World Cup unless CoA gives proper terms of reference.
It is learnt that Laxman has made it clear that he has nothing more to add to his submissions including the written one.
Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman are set to depose in front of BCCI Ombudsman DK Jain on May 14 for their alleged "tractable" conflict of interest matter.
Both cricketers have denied having any conflict and in fact blamed BCCI for the mess as the Board never mentioned before their written submission that there is 'tractable Conflict of Interest" which can be sorted on full disclosure.