New Delhi: Ending days of speculation, Shashank Manohar has resigned as the President of Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI). He will now contest for the post of independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Since the new rules passed during Manohar’s tenure suggest that an individual cannot hold an important post in ICC and be the BCCI president simultaneously, there had been a lot of pressure on Manohar to resign as the president of the BCCI.
The ICC has decided that its chairman will be an independent one, who will be elected by a secret ballot in May.
While Manohar is BCCI's nominated chairman in ICC, the executive board of the global body has passed a rule that an individual occupying the ICC top post should be of independent 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 was rife in Indian cricketing circles whether the Vidarbha lawyer would indeed take the plunge quitting his top post in BCCI.
(With agencies)
