Kapil Dev Resigns As BCCI Cricket Advisory Committee Chief: Report

Kapil Dev resigned as the chief of the CAC days after Shanta Rangaswamy stepped down from the 3-member committee. Kapil did not give out the reason for his resignation but wrote an email to the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), informing them about his decision.

India's World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev on Wednesday became the second member to quit from Board of Control for Cricket in India's Cricket Advisory Committee. Kapil Dev reportedly  resigned as the chief of the CAC days after Shanta Rangaswamy stepped down from the 3-member committee. Kapil did not give out the reason for his resignation but wrote an email to the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), informing them about his decision.

“It was a pleasure to be part of the Ad-Hoc CAC to specifically select the Head Coach for the Men’s Cricket Team. I hereby tender my resignation from the same with immediate effect,” he wrote in his resignation mail to COA chief Vinod Rai and BCCI’s CEO Rahul Johri, reported the Indian Express.

Kapil’s decision came after Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Ethics officer DK Jain issued notices to the panel members — Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy — on conflict-of-interest charges pressed by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association life member Sanjeev Gupta. Kapil Dev was appointed the chief of the ad-hoc committee former in July 2019. The CAC was given the responsibility of picking the head coaches of India women's and men's cricket teams. Kapil-led CAC had conducted interviews and re-appointed Ravi Shastri as head coach of Virat Kohli-led senior national team. Notably, Shanta Rangaswamy stepped down from the post after she along with Kapil Dev and Anshuman Gaekwad was served Conflict of Interest notice by BCCI's ethics officer DK Jain in September 2019. MPCA life member Sanjiv Gupta had filed the complaint against the CAC members in September. In the complaint, Gupta had claimed that the CAC members don multiple cricketing roles. Gupta said Kapil Dev is conflicted as he is a commentator, owner of a floodlight company, member of Indian Cricketers Association, besides his CAC role while he pointed out Shantha Rangaswamy's multiple roles in the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA) and CAC.