There has been a whole lot of rift going on in BCCI as Guha and Dravid wrote letters to BCCI about their dual roles. If BCCI formally adopts the new conflict of interest rules at its SGM on June 26, the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid will have to forego their dual roles.

It would mean that Gavaskar would have to choose between live match commentary and his management company while Ganguly will not be able to head a state unit and also comment on the game on TV.

“The Lodha Committee’s reforms are not targeting anyone individually. This new conflict of interest rule is laid out in principle and the BCCI SGM will have to adopt it. Whosoever has a conflict can’t be seen doing two jobs,” CoA chairman Vinod Rai told TOI on Thursday (June 15).

Despite assurances given by the CoA to consider one state one vote and increasing the number of selectors from existing three to five if they adopt all the Lodha reforms, Tamil Nadu, Saurashtra, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana continue to oppose a couple of reforms like the 70 years cap and a three-year cooling off period with a total of nine years terms each for BCCI and state units.

In order to pass or adopt a resolution, the SGM will need a three-fourth majority of the house and there are members of the board who want to wait till the Supreme Court hearing on July 14.

Lodha Reforms not Targetting anyone individual : Vinod Rai

Saika Mazumdar