to have IPL contracts.

'Dravid's contract is no different to anyone else's' When Rahul Dravid took over as coach of India's junior teams in June 2015, he had asked the BCCI whether his involvement with an IPL team would be an issue. According to a BCCI source, Dravid was told there were precedents in Sanjay Bangar and R Sridhar also holding dual roles, and Dravid had consulted with lawyers, who assured him the arrangement wasn't in contravention with the BCCI's conflict-of-interest rules. "It's 10 months for BCCI work and two months for the IPL," the BCCI official said. "Dravid's contract is no different to anyone else's. It is not like he has got a special dispensation. "The debate over whether it is a conflict or not is a completelydifferent issue. There are very good cases on both sides and it is up to the people in power to decide what works for them and what they feel and clarify that."

In the BCCI's current arrangement, coaches and support staff of India's senior and junior teams are given ten-month contracts that run until the end of March. They are then free to sign a two-month deal in the IPL. Apart from Dravid, India's fielding coach R Sridhar is involved with Kings XI Punjab in the IPL while Andrew Leipus, the chief physio at the National Cricket Academy, works with Kolkata Knight Riders.

Dravid had not made a public response until now, and he confirmed sending a letter to the CoA to explain his position. He was categorical in saying