PTI

Kolkata, Mar 4: Joining issue with BCCI's ruling faction over Greg Chappell's recent disparaging comments on Sourav Ganguly, Cricket Association of Bengal president Jagmohan Dalmiya has claimed that the Australian had violated the board's rule book and sought to know the action the BCCI proposed to take against the Team India coach.

Rubbishing the Board's stand that unlike the players, the coach was not covered under any BCCI code of conduct, Dalmiya pointed out that the "Regulations for Players and Officials" adopted by the board in 2000 applied to the coach.

Ridiculing Board Secretary Niranjan Shah for his comment that the board was helpless in taking action against Chappell for giving the controversial interview to the British newspaper 'The Guardian', Dalmiya pointed out that the coach was covered under the definition of team official as per the book.

The former BCCI chief, who is now the leading light of the opposition faction, claimed that the Indian team coach had violated clause 3.2.9 of the Regulations by commenting upon an international cricketer who had not yet retired from international cricket.

Dalmiya, briefing newspersons after a CAB working committee meeting where the latest episode in Chappell-Ganguly conflict was discussed, claimed that Australian was repeatedly targeting the former Indian skipper.

"The working committee felt that this is not a freak incident. Such things are happening repeatedly. Such onslaught from the coach makes it difficult for the player to concentrate on the game, more so when the cricketer is fighting to make a comeback," Dalmiya said.