Legends of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman have been inducted to the newly-constituted advisory panel of BCCI. The main objective of the panel is to guide the board in all matters related to the game. Anurag Thakur, BCCI secretary, announced their induction through the micro-blogging site Twitter.

From now on wards Thakur and president Jagmohan Dalmiya will consult with the panel on all major cricketing decisions. The Indian cricket players can seek technical advise from the three legends and the board wants batsmen to specifically speak to Tendulkar before any tough international assignment.

The inclusion of great stars of Indian Cricket is a big move as the country head into a critical phase where their Test team will be led by young batsman Virat Kohli, while in the shorter formats Mahendra Singh Dhoni will continue to lead the side. Ganguly said he was still not clear about his role in the panel, but he was happy to be clubbed with Tendulkar and Laxman.

Tidbits

• Tendulkar played a whopping 200 Tests (15921 runs) and 463 ODIs (18426 runs) apart from a T20 International before retiring in 2013.
• Ganguly played in 113 Tests and 311 ODIs for India apart from leading the country to the final of 2003 World Cup.
• Laxman played in 134 Tests and 86 ODIs.