India, March 12 -- Ahead of IPL 2026, the BCCI Ethics Officer, Justice Arun Mishra (retd), has dismissed the complaint filed against CSK veteran MS Dhoni, regarding alleged conflict of interest violations. The complaint was filed in February 2024, alleging that Dhoni, as a 'current player', was also simultaneously the 'owner of a Cricket Academy', which is in violation of Rule 38(4)(a) and Rule 38(4)(p). Dhoni was also accused of failing to fulfil mandatory disclosure obligations under Rule 38(2) and 38(5), after the rules were amended in 2018.

The ruling concluded that no case of conflict of interest could be established. In his order, Justice Mishra observed that although Dhoni could be seen as the owner of the cricket academies opened...