BCCI Wants Virat Kohli, Other Cricketers To Leave Their Job In Public Sector Companies
Jan 9, 2019 at 4:06 PM
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has directed the Indian skipper Virat Kohli and many other cricketers to let go their job in public sector companies, which comes under the issue of Conflict of Interest.
Kohli currently holds the job of manager in ONGC, which BCCI wants them to let go away. Apart from him, players like Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ishant Sharma and many other players also hold a job in one or the other organisation.
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All the cricketers who have contracts with these companies play for them during the local tournaments. ONGC company mainly participates in the tournaments that are played in Delhi and in past, Kohli had played for ONGC. Ishant Sharma to had played many games for the company.
Most of the Delhi cricketers who make their name in domestic cricket are mostly offered a job by ONGC. Both, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir have also played for the company and in fact, Sehwag thanked the company in his retirement letter for providing him security at the grassroots level.
ONGC even announced a cash prize of 20 Lakhs for Kohli, Gambhir and Munaf Patel when India won the 2011 World Cup. Further, they honoured them with an out of term promotion as well. In short, the jobs at the public companies have kept the players safe and secured right from the offset but the board wants them to relinquish their post.
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The request was made by Committee of Administration to the players so as the board can issue them a contract the next year, as their jobs are acting as a barrier in the way of their contract.
Virat Kohli and few other cricketers are in Sri Lanka and we will see all the players taking an action over it soon, as they return from the island nation.
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