Mumbai: Shashank Manohar has resigned
as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and chairman
of the International Cricket Council (ICC). His move comes in anticipation of
him being re-nominated as ICC chief during the governing body’s annual board
meeting scheduled for next month.
Manohar’s resignation leaves the BCCI
a headless body for the second time in less than a year. According to its
controversial rulebook, which has been under the scanner of the apex court,
secretary Anurag Thakur will now have to call a Special General Body Meeting
within two weeks to elect a new president.
The deadline for filing the
nomination for the ICC chief’s post is May 23. The BCCI will have to propose
Manohar as its ICC presidential candidate.
When Manohar took over as BCCI president
for a second term last October, days after the demise of then president,
Jagmohan Dalmiya, he was designated as the ICC chairman. However, with the ICC
set to revert to its old rule of not allowing its chief to hold a post in
his/her home board, Manohar has stepped down.
The new president, who will have to
be nominated by at least one of the six full members from the east zone, will
be in charge till the 2017 AGM. An aspiring candidate should have attended at
least two AGMs and have held the post of an office-bearer or vice-president in
the past.
IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla and BCCI
secretary Anurag Thakur are the frontrunners to occupy the vacant chair. Ajay
Shirke, former treasurer, and current vice-president G Gangaraju are also in
contention for the post.
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