Rahul Dravid to be part of ICC's Anti-Corruption committee

After its first meeting of 2016 at the ICC Headquarters in Dubai on February 3, the board released a announcing the formation of the Anti-Corruption Unit Oversight Group.

“The oversight group will include the Chairman of the Executive Committee (under whose area of responsibility this function rests) and will also include former India captain Rahul Dravid, legal expert Louis Weston and independent anti-corruption advisor John Abbott, who was the Chairman of the Integrity Working Party. The Chairman of the ACU, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, and ICC Chief Executive, David Richardson, will also be ex-officio members of the group,” said the ICC in a statement.

Dravid is currently in Bangladesh with the Indian U-19 cricket team, who are participating in the 2016 U-19 World Cup, and will meet with other members of the Anti-Corruption Unit Oversight Group once a year to review the matters.

“The group will meet once a year to review and provide independent input into the strategy adopted by the sport to tackle corruption and its implementation, and to offer its advice and guidance to the Chairman of the ACU where required,” the statement added.  

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