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[caption id="attachment_18184" align="alignnone" width="580"] Pravin Amre caught off conflict of interest while Vengsarkar cleared. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: BCCI's ombudsman Retd. Justice A.P. Shah has found former India test batsman Pravin Amre in "conflict of interest" while he has cleared IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla and Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar of the similar charge. Amre, a member of the Mumbai Cricket Association's managing committee as well as the coaching staff of IPL team Delhi Deredevils, was deemed to have potential ‘conflict of interest’ by a complaint lodged with the Ombudsaman. The Ombudsman rejected Amre's contention that there was no conflict as he had joined the Daredevils coaching staff before the 2015 edition of IPL and only subsequently became a managing committee member in MCA before renewing his contract with the IPL franchise this year. He has also directed the Board to take appropriate action against Amre as the IPL edition has already concluded and has declared that "for the next edition of the IPL, Mr Amre cannot continue to be a part of the MCA Managing Committee and the Delhi Daredevils (or any other IPL team) coaching staff." Justice Shah found that there existed a ‘conflict of interest’ in this case as per the BCCI rules which stipulated that an administrator, which includes members of the managing committee of the affiliated units of BCCI, or his near relative shall not be on the pay roll of an IPL franchise. Vengsarkar, a former chief selector who is currently the vice-president of the Mumbai Cricket Association and director of the National Cricket Academy (both honorary positions), was alleged to be running a cricket academy for junior cricketers in Pune and may favour them leading to conflict of interest. Vengsarkar had replied that as NCA director in an honorary capacity it was routine for the Board to bear the travel and accommodation expenses and his appointment should be viewed in the light of his position as a former India captain. The 116-Test veteran had also stated in his reply that he had been running academies for the last 21 years. After receiving another rejoinder from the applicant, the Ombudsman decided that this was not a case for taking any action as there was no ‘conflict of interest’ in accordance with the BCCI's rules.