Ravi Shastri wants Sachin Tendulkar as Team India consultant

NEW DELHI: India head coach Ravi Shastri now wants batting great Sachin Tendulkar to work with the national team as a consultant, provided it is not a case of conflict of interest.

Shastri expressed the desire to have Tendulkar on board during Tuesday's meeting with the BCCI special committee comprising acting president CK Khanna, CEO Rahul Johri, acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and Committee of Administrators member Diana Edulji.

Tendulkar is part of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) which picked Shastri as the coach.The special committee made it clear that any role with the national team, be it full-time or as a consultant, has to be clear of conflict of interest.