RP Singh, Madan Lal and Sulakshana Naik are the three members in the new Cricket Advisory Committee formed by the BCCI. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
New Delhi:
RP Singh, who made his debut for India and who starred in their victorious 2007 World T20 campaign, has been named as one of the members along with Madan Lal in the Cricket Advistory Committee panel. The third member of the panel will be former India women's cricketer Sulakshana Naik. The term of appointment will be for one year. Madan Lal represented India in 39 Tests and 67 ODIs and was a member of the victorious Indian team that lifted the World Cup in 1983. He later served as the coach of the national side and was also a member of the senior selection committee. RP Singh played for India in 14 Tests, 58 ODIs and 10 T20Is and was a part of the Indian squad that won the World T20 in South Africa in 2007. Sulakshana Naik played 2 Tests, 46 ODIs and 31 T20Is for India in a career spanning 11 years.
RP Singh last played for India in 2011 but his major period was in 2007 when he took 12 wickets to help India win the World T20 against Pakistan by five runs in the final in Johannesburg. After a successful stint with Deccan Chargers, RP Singh was bought for USD 600,000 by the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League Players Auction, 2012. In the year 2013 in the IPL he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the players auction 2013 for USD 400,000. In the 2014 IPL Auctions, he was unsold and had a base price of Rs 1 crore. He played few matches for Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016 Indian Premier League. He was also a cricket commentator and in 2018, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
In 2016, Ganguly and Shastri had a major falling-out when the former India captain, who was part of the Cricket Advistory Committee (CAC), was tasked with selecting the new head coach of the team following the exit of Duncan Fletcher. Heading into the interview, everyone tipped Shastri to be the full-time head coach after he had a successful run as the Indian cricket team director. Ganguly, along with VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar and Sanjay Jagdale were tasked to appoint the coach.
RP Singh and Madan Lal have won World Cups in 2007 and 1983 respectively. (Image credit: Getty Images)
There were reports that Ganguly was not in favour of Shastri being the coach. Things took an ugly turn when there accusations from Shastri that a member of the committee, reportedly Ganguly, wasn't present and that was disrespectful to the selection process. At that time, Shastri was vacationing in Bangkok. However, Ganguly hit back stating that Shastri was living in a 'Fool's paradise' if he felt that he was responsible for him not being a coach. Anil Kumble was appointed the head coach but he resigned a year later after he termed his relationship with skipper Virat Kohli 'untenable' and Shastri returned.
Sachin Tendulkar and batting maestro VVS Laxman were Wednesday served notices by BCCI's Ombudsman-cum-Ethics Officer D K Jain for their alleged 'conflict of interest' by serving as mentors of IPL franchise as well as member of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC). Tendulkar is Mumbai Indians' mentor and Laxman is in the same capacity for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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This is the third case of conflict of interest allegation being filed after former skipper Sourav Ganguly had to appear before Justice (retd.) Jain for deposition for his triple role as CAB president, CAC member as well as advisor of Delhi Capitals.All three were part of CAC that picked the senior national coach Ravi Shastri in July 2017, which was their last meeting.
