Sachin, Sourav and Laxman in BCCI's advisory panel

Wednesday 03rd June 2015 07:40 EDT
 
 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has inducted former cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman in the newly-constituted advisory panel to guide the board in all matters related to the game.

Sources said that BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur and president Jagmohan Dalmiya will consult with the panel on all major cricketing decisions. While there had been lot of speculation of late regarding Ganguly's appointment as chief coach or Team Director, his appointment in advisory panel might mean that either Ravi Shastri will continue in his current role or a new chief coach and support staff will be taking charge.

According to BCCI sources, the Indian cricketers can seek technical advise from the trio and the Board wants batsmen to specifically speak to Tendulkar before any tough international assignment.

Ganguly might well be consulted for preparing a blueprint for success of the team overseas with Laxman working on the bench-strength and the new talent coming in through the system. The 42- year-old Tendulkar played 200 Tests (1,5921 runs) and 463 ODIs (1,8426 runs) apart from a T20 International before retiring in 2013.

The 43-year-old Ganguly played in 113 Tests and 311 ODIs for India apart from leading the country to the final of 2003 World Cup. The 40-year-old Laxman played in 134 Tests and 86 ODIs.

Thakur took to micro-blogging site twitter to announce the induction of the three, a move which was on cards for some time.


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