BCCI Ethics Officer D K Jain on Saturday sent a tice to Cricket visory Committee comprising Kapil Dev, Shantha Rangaswamy and Anshuman Gaekw, asking former cricketers who picked current India coach to respond by October 10 to Conflict of Interest allegations leveled against m. MPCA life member Sanjiv Gupta h filed complaint against trio who picked Ravi Shastri as he coach in August. "Yes, y have been asked to respond to complaint with affidavits," a BCCI official told PTI. As per BCCI constitution, individual can hold more than one post at same time.

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Kapil Dev-led CAC served tice

In complaint, Gupta has claimed that CAC members don multiple cricketing roles. He wrote that 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev is conflicted as he is a commentator, owner of a floodlight company, member of Indian Cricketers Association, besides his CAC role.  Likewise, Gupta alleged that Gaekw too is conflicted as he owns an acemy and is a member of BCCI Affiliation Committee. Rangaswamy, a former Indian women's team captain, is alleged to be conflicted because of her multiple roles with CAC and ICA. CAC h also picked women's he coach W V Raman in December but at that time it was an -hoc committee. Ravi Shastri was a re-appointed for a two-year period, ending with 2021 T20 World Cup in India. This is Shastri's fourth stint with national team, having served briefly as Cricket Manr (2007 tour of Banglesh), Team Director (2014-2016) and he coach (2017-2019). 

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Rahul Dravid’s conflict of interest

Due to this conflict, Dravid deposed himself before Ethics Officer to explain charges filed against him. complaint was filed by MPCA member Sanjeev Gupta who h stated that inste of completely resigning from his position at India Cements, Indian batting legend h only taken a leave of absence. Dravid, however, found some support from Committee of ministrators (CoA) he Vid Rai, who stated that a leave of absence from an organization cant be seen as a conflict with that person’s current employment position. A BCCI official spoke to PTI about matter. He said, " CoA chief h written a te before deposition that y feel if Dravid has taken a Leave of Absence, n he is t in conflict. He cited examples of former RBI Goverr Rajan, who took leave of absence from his teaching role at University of Chicago".

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