Rahul Dravid gets CoA backing

Lt General Ravi Thogde, the new member of the CoA, said the ball is now in BCCI Ombudsman-cum-ethics officer DK Jain’s court.

Team Kapil Dev to pick coach

One of the members confirmed that the BCCI has approached them to pick the men’s head coach as well.

Both Pandya and Rahul were sent home from the tour of Australia following their controversial remarks.

The programme will also include all the age-group national teams and the A squads.

Most of these teams will rely on their outstation players this season.

The COA, comprising Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji, also called for a forensic audit of state associations.

The cricket board introduced A+ category in the central contracts for which only five players were picked.

The BCCI had hired Sweden’s International Drug Testing Management (IDTM) for testing work and is likely to continue with it.

India A coach Dravid called the book a handy ready reckoner for the players.

However, a senior BCCI official on condition of anonymity said that the report would be submitted to SC by Monday.