Reports | CAC formation after Supreme Court hearing in January, says BCCI official

12/14/2019

A BCCI official has confirmed that the board will finalize its Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) only after the Supreme Court hears its plea on amendments to the Lodha reforms in January. This would mean that the MSK Prasad-led committee will pick the team for the T20Is against Sri Lanka.

According to sources in the BCCI, the top brass of the administration wants to wait for clarity on a lot of issues including the ‘cooling-off’ period, before they decide on the composition of the CAC and subsequent changes. A relaxation in the 'cooling-off' period which will allow president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah to complete their full terms instead of 10 months.

"It is unlikely that the CAC will be formed before the Supreme Court hearing in January. So naturally, the selection committee might also take some time to form. It is still not clear whether the new selection committee or the existing one will pick the squad for the marquee New Zealand tour," a BCCI source told PTI on condition of anonymity.

Board president Ganguly had spoken specifically about the issues related to CAC and the contentious Conflict of Interest clause after the Annual General Meeting on December 1.

"We keep talking about CAC, but the job of CAC is the appointment of selectors and coach. So, once you appoint a selection committee, it stays for four years and once you appoint a coach, it (he) stays for three years. So, where is the need of having a full-time CAC?" Ganguly said.

"So far it (CAC) is honorary, so even if you pay, you pay on what basis. There is no regular work. To have CAC with conflict of interest, I don't know whether it is the best thing. It is about only one meeting," he said.

Ganguly further added that the board will approach the apex court for clarity on the conflict of interest clause. The conflict of interest has not allowed the BCCI to bring in proper selectors.

"We are going back to the court to get clarification about conflict clause," he concluded.