Shashank Manohar may step down as BCCI president

While Manohar is BCCI’s nominated chairman in ICC, the executive board of the global body has passed a rule that ICC’s chairman should be of independant nature and can’t act in dual role keeping his position as his country’s cricketing chief.

Published : Apr 27, 2016 23:32 IST , New Delhi

Shashank Manohar’s name is being floated as the first independant chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Shashank Manohar’s name is being floated as the first independant chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
lightbox-info

Shashank Manohar’s name is being floated as the first independant chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

BCCI president Shashank Manohar’s name is being floated as the first independant chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which might mean that there remains a possibility of him stepping down from world’s richest cricketing body.

While Manohar is BCCI’s nominated chairman in ICC, the executive board of the global body has passed a rule that ICC’s chairman should be of independant nature and can’t act in dual role keeping his position as his country’s cricketing chief.

With Manohar’s name doing the rounds, speculation is rife in Indian cricketing circles whether the Vidarbha lawyer would indeed take the plunge quitting his top post in BCCI.

“There is still some way to go before this becomes a reality. You have to first get the proposals passed by esecutive committee ratified at the ICC Annual Conference in June. Also you are talking about Shashank leaving BCCI for ICC. Now what is the guarantee that new BCCi president whosoever it is will agree to Shashank’s ICC candidature,” a former BCCI secretary and an influential administrator from west zone told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

Those in the know of things feel that Manohar won’t take that risk if he cannot gather consensus in the matter.

“Keep in account that England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia (CA) are not exactly very pleased after his decision to dismantle the revenue sharing structure where ‘Big Three’ got the share of the pie.”

Sign in to unlock all user benefits
  • Get notified on top games and events
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign up / manage to our newsletters with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early bird access to discounts & offers to our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide to our community guidelines for posting your comment