Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is all set to complete his broadcasting commitments for the World Cup even as Justice DK Jain's latest observation on 'Conflict of Interest' has raised quite a few eyebrows.
He has ruled that Ganguly and VVS Laxman holding twin jobs of being Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) members and mentors with IPL franchises amounts to conflict of interest and the two former players will have to make a choice.
It is, however, learnt that Ganguly, one of the most respected voices in international cricket, will be completing his World Cup assignment as it is an exclusive contract with the ICC and not Star Sports.
"But Sourav is going to be back in UK on June 25 and do the remaining India games starting the match on 27th against West Indies in Manchester," the source said.
According to those, who hold a contrary view as to how "commentator can be a BCCI post" since this is one tournament and with no long-term contract with any of the channels, Ganguly can't be termed 'conflicted'.
Regarding those who are contracted with Star Sports for the tournament, this may be a one-off event that they are doing and most of them have contracts on a series to series basis.
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