BCCI plans to change Advisory Committee into a High Performance Committee

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had in June last year appointed Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC). Legends Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman were appointed as the members. The committee was expected to advise the board on cricketing matters related to international as well as domestic cricket. Recently the CAC played a major role in picking the new head coach of the Indian team.

As per reports the BCCI is now planning to convert the Cricket Advisory Committee into a High Performance Committee (HPC). It aims to merge the Technical Committee into the HPC and roll it into one. While the authority of the TC was restricted to domestic cricket, the proposed body will look over both domestic and international cricket.

The topic is likely to be discussed in BCCI’s annual general meeting in September. The Hindu on Tuesday (July 5) had quoted a source saying, “There have been preliminary discussions about expanding the scope of the Cricket Advisory Committee,”

“One of the proposals is to merge the Technical Committee and the CAC into a High Performance Committee. Whether the new committee will be additionally handed over the responsibility of liaising with the India and India-A teams is still not clear,” he added.

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Possible changes

If the HPC is formed it is believed that the new committee might have up to six members which would include a recently-retired cricketer and a National Cricket Academy (NCA) coach and a cricket operations executive from the BCCI.

A BCCI administrator approved the suggestion but felt that the former cricketers should be utilized in a more resourceful manner.

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“What is the role of involving the greats of the game if you dont utilise them properly? The intent of expanding looks good but the purpose can be served only if you give the great cricketers a clear brief and then implement the measures suggested by them,” he said.