Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid set up meeting with Jasprit Bumrah-NCA tiff as primary agenda

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly has invited Rahul Dravid to ir Mumbai headquarters for a meeting. Rahul Dravid is currently serving National Cricket Academy (NCA) as its head. Rahul Dravid-led NCA recently denied Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah to undergo a fitness test at academy.

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Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid to meet regarding NCA-related issues

In meeting, two former Indian captains are reported to discuss in length about Jasprit Bumrah’s recent experience with NCA, which was torrid. Apart from addressing Indian pacer’s tiff with NCA, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid will also be talking about Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC). It is possible for BCCI to pick a three-member CAC at meeting instead of two. With former legends Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman declining role, names like Arun Lal and GR Vishwanath are currently doing rounds for CAC role. In upcoming meeting, or topics expected to be focused upon is conflict of interest surrounding NCA's chief physiorapist Ashish Kaushik. He was previously associated with a medical clinic YOS Healthcare.

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Meanwhile, India will play a three-match T20I series in January against visiting Sri Lankan team. After T20I contests with Sri Lanka, India will face Australia in three ODIs from January 14 onwards. Jasprit Bumrah was selected in India’s squad for both series as he is expected to be fully fit before start of upcoming fixtures.

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