'Conflict of interest' sword looms over Binny father-son duo

Former Indian all-rounder Roger Binny was named selector from the south zone on September 27, 2012, while Stuart made his international one day debut against New Zealand on January 28, 2014 in Hamilton and test debut for India against England on July 9, 2014 at Nottingham whilst his father, Roger, still held office as national selector. 

Stuart’s selection into the national team two years after his father became part of the national selection committee brings Roger's post under scrutiny. Stuart Binny also played one ODI in the recently held ODI series against South Africa and has also been named in the squad for the first two tests against the Proteas.

Shashank Manohar, new BCCI president will deal with the situation in detail, coming up with a 28-point suggestion list, dealing with the issues of conflict of interest, that will be brought up for discussion at the boards' Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mumbai on November 9.

BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhary trusts it might be too early to speculate on the issue, saying, "The points made by the president are only suggestions at the moment which will come up for discussion at the AGM. If the consensus in the board is on incorporating some of these points into the constitution, it'll be done.”

“However, regarding conflict of interest over Roger, we are not part of the selection meetings and don't know if Roger is present when his son's name comes up for discussion. So it's very difficult to prove a conflict in this case," Chaudhary added, as reported by the Times News Network.

Earlier in 2011, similar charges were levelled against former Indian cricketer Kris Srikkanth, when his son Anirudha was picked for the Emerging Players Tournament. 

Former BCCI president N. Srinivasan was also haunted by issues of conflict of interest when he was a shareholder and a director on the board of Indian Premier League (IPL) outfit Chennai Super Kings (CSK), but he could still escape from the issue if resigns from his post of director or disposes his shares in IPL franchise CSK.