The proposals listed in a three-page document on conflict of interest, prepared by Board of Control for Cricket in India President Shashank Manohar, "will be the main topic of discussion at the board's 86th annual general meeting in Mumbai on Monday," according to Gollapudi & Venugopal of ESPN. The proposals, which were first presented to board members during the working committee meeting, "are likely to provoke much debate at the AGM, with many member associations still seeking clarity on the recommendations." The AGM will "also decide on a successor" for N. Srinivasan, whose term as Int'l Cricket Council chair comes to an end next June. Another key topic that "is likely to be deliberated upon is a recommendation to scrap the zonal rotation system used to choose the BCCI president." Manohar presented the paper on conflict of interest and told members that the issue "was the biggest hurdle the board faced in its move towards becoming a more transparent organisation." Manohar "had elaborated on the exact meaning of conflict of interest relating to administrators (former and present) at both the BCCI and the affiliated-unit levels, players (retired and current) and employees of the board." The message was clear: "you cannot have dual roles" (ESPN, 11/8).
PUSHING AHEAD: CRICBUZZ reported Indian Premier League Chair Rajiv Shukla has said that the BCCI "has decided to push forward their player auctions by a year, and hold a full fledged auction in the year 2017."
Shukla also said that the board "will make all the necessary decisions regarding the two new IPL teams" by Dec. 8. Shukla "also informed that the base price of the two new teams" is expected to be Rs 40 crore ($6M). It was expected that there "would be rush from several quarters for putting up two new teams, once the fresh tender will be floated for the next edition of the cash-rich league" (CRICBUZZ, 11/8).
