Shastri expressed the desire to have Tendulkar on board during yesterday'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.
If Tendulkar does accept the role, it would mean that he would have to let go of his various other commitments including the IPL.
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"I doubt for 25 days in a year, you would want to forgo all your other commitments," reckoned the member.
While Shastri's support staff was announced yesterday, there is still lack of clarity over the consulting role of Zaheer and Dravid, who is already coaching the India junior teams.
Bharat Arun, who is back as bowling coach, can no longer be part of IPL franchise RCB and TNPL side VB Thiruvallur Veeran due to conflict of interest.
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