Big 3 to find new India coach

Kolkata, April 26

Former stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid will be part of the committee which will find Indian cricket team’s new coach and the support staff.

The trio, according to sources, will provide input to BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya and secretary general Anurag Thakur, who were today entrusted with the job of finding the new coach at the Working Committee meeting of the Board.

“The process to identify the coach and support staff for the national team will be undertaken by the president and the secretary,” a BCCI release said.

Zimbabwean Duncan Fletcher’s contract ended at the end of the World Cup while former India cricketer Ravi Shastri was with team in the capacity of Team Director.

It is expected that assistant coaches Sanjay Bangar, Bharath Arun and R Sridhar will be retained.

A Working Committee member made it clear that Ganguly will not be in the running for the coveted job even as speculation is rife that the former India captain is the top contender for the job along with Shastri.

“Since Sourav will be in the committee, he at least technically does not qualify for the job,” the member said.

BCCI to take legal opinion on CSK demerger valuation

The BCCI today decided to seek a fresh legal opinion on the controversial ‘low’ valuation of the IPL franchisee Chennai Super Kings when it demerged from its parent company India cements, headed by N Srinivasan.

The decision was taken at the meeting of the Working Committee after questions were raised about the demerger valuation of CSK post the recent Supreme Court verdict in the IPL case. An amount of Rs 5 lakh was recorded as the valuation of CSK’s demerger.

The issue was also debated at the IPL Governing Council meeting in New Delhi. IPL COO Sundar Raman was asked a few questions by some of the GC members about the ‘weird valuation’ of the de-merger, as they were paying an annual franchise fee of Rs 40 crore and spending Rs 60 plus crore as players’ remuneration. “The Committee decided to seek a fresh legal opinion on the demerger and transfer of shares of CSK for further action,” a BCCI release said.

Sources said that former BCCI president Shashank Manohar, who attended the meeting as a special invitee, debated the issue with Tamil Nadu Cricket Association VP PS Raman. “Manohar asked Raman by what logic the valuation was done at just Rs 5 lakh when the market value is no less than Rs 1500 crore,” the source said. — PTI