Manohar took over the board's top position last October and his term was one of the shortest terms ever served by a president.
Manohar took over the board's top position last October and his term was one of the shortest terms ever served by a president.
Mumbai
: Shashank Manohar has stepped down from as BCCI president on Tuesday. The Nagpur bigwig had taken over the role last year after the position was left vacant following the death of Jagmohan Dalmiya.
Manohar, lawyer by profession, is currently the chairman of International Cricket Council.
Manohar only took the board's top position last October and his term was one of the shortest terms ever served by a president. Manohar predecessor Jagmohan Dalmiya's reign lasted only six months — from March to September 2015 — until he passed away.
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 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.
-"There is still some way to go before this becomes a reality. You have to first get the proposals passed by executive 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 the new BCCI president whosoever it is will agree to Shashank's ICC candidature,-" a former BCCI secretary and an influential administrator from west zone had then said on conditions of anonymity.
While those in the know of things felt 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.-"
More details awaited...
