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T20 World Cup: Will this be Dhoni’s last IPL, what are the options to join Team India and avoid conflict of interest?

September 11, 2021
Bharat Times English News

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni: IPL will run from 19 September to 15 October. At the same time, the T20 World Cup will start from October 17. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been made the mentor of Team India for the World Cup. After all, what are Dhoni’s three options to avoid controversy?

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Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been made the mentor of the Indian team for the T20 World Cup. A complaint has been received against his appointment to the Apex Council of the Cricket Board of India (BCCI). It refers to the recommendations of the Lodha Committee. The complaint states that Dhoni’s appointment is in violation of the rules relating to conflict of interest. The rules say that one person cannot hold two positions. Actually, Dhoni is currently the captain of his IPL team Chennai Super Kings. He is in the United Arab Emirates with his team, where the T20 league is starting from 19 September. We are telling you what are the allegations of conflict of interest and what are Dhoni’s next options regarding these allegations.

As per Rule 38(4)(f) and 38(4)(j) of the BCCI constitution, a player shall not hold any one post on the Board or hold another position in the Board or any institution affiliated to it. In fact, the reason for this is that while in one position, any player or official can give undue advantage or influence to his other position. In such a situation, a ban has been imposed on holding two posts at the same time.

If we look at the case of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, he has retired from international cricket, but he is still captaining Chennai Super Kings in the IPL organized by the BCCI. That is, his influence on many players playing for Chennai remains intact. In such a situation, doubts are being raised that if Dhoni becomes the mentor of Team India, then he can leave his influence indirectly during the team selection. The matter is being viewed as a conflict of interest.

Apart from 15 players, three injury replacements have also been kept in the team that has been selected for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Ravindra Jadeja is part of the Chennai Super Kings team in the top-15 players. While among the reserve players, Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar are also players of Chennai Super Kings. Ravichandran Ashwin has previously been a part of Chennai.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni continued to play IPL even after retiring from international cricket. It is worth noting that before this, he was also accused of conflict of interest in 2012-13, when he himself was a co-owner of the sports management company, along with being the captain of Team India, which had three more players Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja. And Pragyan used to look after the works related to Ojha.

Option-1: Dhoni himself withdraws from Chennai Super Kings and ends the contract before the T20 World Cup…
One option for Dhoni is to step down as the captain of Chennai Super Kings like last time, putting an end to the discussion of his influence on the players and the issue of conflict of interest. Dhoni himself can withdraw from the franchise and also avoid allegations of conflict of interest by not working on the salary of Chennai Super Kings.

This is the best option for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to continue playing IPL and become the mentor of Team India. Actually, after this season of IPL, BCCI has decided to include two new teams in the tournament. For this further auction of all the players has to be announced. That is, the players of all the teams will be bidding in early 2022. A BCCI official, on the condition of anonymity, said that in such a situation, these players will remain free agents, who will not have a deal with any team, till the auction is not done. Only after the announcement of the retained players in the auction or before January 2022, these players will be considered associated with a team.

The IPL will start on 19 September and end on 15 October. At the same time, the T20 World Cup will start from October 17 and end on November 14. This will be the time when the players associated with the IPL will no longer be a part of any team and during this the conflict of interest of Mahendra Singh Dhoni will also end.

The toughest option for Mahendra Singh Dhoni is that he should never participate in this tournament after playing this season of IPL. That is, he should retire completely from cricket. After the IPL ends on October 14, Dhoni can take the post of mentor of Team India by taking retirement. This way he will not be accused of conflict of interest and Dhoni will be able to serve for the Indian team like any other free retired player.

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Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been made the mentor of the Indian team for the T20 World Cup. A complaint has been received against his appointment to the Apex Council of the Cricket Board of India (BCCI). It refers to the recommendations of the Lodha Committee. The complaint states that Dhoni’s appointment is in violation of the rules relating to conflict of interest. The rules say that one person cannot hold two positions. Actually, Dhoni is currently the captain of his IPL team Chennai Super Kings. He is in the United Arab Emirates with his team, where the T20 league is starting from 19 September. We are telling you what are the allegations of conflict of interest and what are the next options for Dhoni regarding these allegations.

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