Ethics Officer To Be Appointed by BCCI: COA Head Vinod Rai

India will tour the West Indies for the ODI series starting 23 June, followed by a lone Twenty20 match on 9 July.

Vinod Rai is the head of the Committee of Administrators. (Photo Courtesy: Youtube/NDTV)

Anil Kumble will remain India's coach for the tour of West Indies subject to his acceptance, Committee of Administrators (COA) chairman Vinod Rai said on Monday, insisting that only the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) will decide the next head coach.

Coach selection has been entrusted to the CAC which selected Anil Kumble in 2016 for a one-year contract. Now the process has to be followed. But since the process has been delayed, Kumble, subject to his accepting, will be there for the West Indies tour.

Vinod Rai

He added that the CAC is scheduled to meet in London to decide on the “road ahead”.

India will tour the West Indies for a five-ODI series, starting 23 June, followed by a lone Twenty20 match on 9 July.

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The COA had a day-long meeting in New Delhi, following the exit of renowned historian Ramachandra Guha’s resignation from the panel.

Asked whether coach recruitment could have been handled better by the BCCI, Rai said the matter has been blown out of proportion, with reports claiming a rift between captain Virat Kohi and Kumble.

The fact is that it was a one-year contract, so a process was followed. I don’t know why this is a controversy. I have spoken to both of them (Kohli and Kumble) and neither of them have confirmed what has come out.

The CAC, which also comprises Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly, is currently in London and is in touch with both the captain and the coach on the sidelines of the ongoing Champions Trophy.

The CAC, which is in favour of retaining Kumble, has sought more time ahead of the BCCI SGM on 26 June.

Rubbishing claims that CAC has been asked to be paid for honorary job, Rai said:

We have left it to the CAC, they are legends, they know what is best for Indian cricket.

The COA was formed mainly to carry out reforms recommended by the SC-appointed Lodha Committee.

As expected, some of the recommendations, including one state and one vote and tenure of office-bearers, were met with stiff resistance by the state associations.

However, Rai insisted that reforms are on track and will be placed before the state associations at the SGM.

"The reforms are on track. They will be entrusted to the SGM which is meeting on 26 June. It is going to be placed before them, but in all our conversations with them, they have expressed their willingness to accept the reforms," he said.

(With inputs from PTI)

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