VVS' letter reveals shoddy treatment of legends by CoA: BCCI
New Delhi, May 1 - With the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Ombudsman D.K. Jain asking V.V.S Laxman to explain his position as Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) member and mentor of Sunri
In his mail to Jain, Laxman had written: "In December 2018, we were given a little over 24 hours to confirm our availability to be on the panel to select the India women's head coach. All three of us expressed our inability to participate in the process due to short notice and prior commitments."
Back in December, Edulji in her mail to GM Cricket Operations Saba Karim, Rai and Johri had written: "Let me reiterate that as per the judgement of 9th Aug 2019 the head coach can only be done by the CAC. We had approached them and they requested for time and directions for their role. Thus the constituting of the ad hoc committee is unconstitutional and I have stated that before the advert was released.
"I feel we are going down the wrong track and I again state that this committee or selection of head coach is not right. Only the CAC can take a call on this and if they refuse (which they haven't) then COA has to take the call just like we did in nominating a selector for the junior team."
Back then, it was Johri who in his reply to Edulji's mail, accessed by IANS, had written about going ahead with the formation of an ad hoc committee to select the next women's coach on the approval of Rai.
Edulji had also warned Rai of the negative impact of his decision in the matter. "Your such unilateral steps do not support and help the underlining cause of betterment of women's cricket. You have used the women's cricket as a diversonary tactic to take the heat of the CEO's sexual harassment allegations and made a big deal out of a non-issue," she had written.
Clearly the hasty decision has now come back to haunt the CoA as the ombudsman might wish to revisit the whole issue when Laxman's conflict of interest matter comes up for hearing.
Baidurjo Bhose
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