Kapil Dev Resigns As CAC Chief

Former IndiaCaptain Kapil Dev resigns as the Chief of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) ofBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

He was thesecond to step down from the committee after Shanta Rangaswamy who stepped downfrom the three-member committee. However, Kapil did not reveal the reason forhis resignation but wrote an email to the Supreme Court appointed Committee ofAdministrators (CoA) informing them about his decision.

Dev wasappointed the chief of the ad-hoc committee in July 2019. The CAC was taskedwith the role of picking the head coaches of India women's and men's cricketteams. Kapil-led CAC had conducted interviews and re-appointed Ravi Shastri ashead coach of Virat Kohli-led senior national team.

Meanwhile,Shanta Rangaswamy stepped down from the post after she along with Kapil Dev andAnshuman Gaekwad was served Conflict of Interest notice by BCCI's ethicsofficer DK Jain in September 2019.

MPCA lifemember Sanjiv Gupta had filed the complaint against the CAC members inSeptember. In the complaint, Gupta had claimed that the CAC members donmultiple cricketing roles.

Gupta saidKapil Dev is conflicted as he is a commentator, owner of a floodlight company,member of Indian Cricketers Association, besides his CAC role while he pointedout Shanta Rangaswamy's multiple roles in the Indian Cricketers Association(ICA) and CAC.