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Shashank Manohar steps down as chief of ICC
Dubai: Shashank Manohar today stepped down as Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) citing personal reasons.
The decision of 59-years-old comes after only eight months in office although the resignation is yet to be officially accepted by the game’s world governing body.
He was elected unopposed as the ICC’s first independent chairman last year. His two-year term was supposed to end in May 2018.
The former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President sent a copy of his resignation letter to ICC CEO Dave Richardson on Wednesday.
Manohar said in the letter, “However, for personal reasons it is not possible for me to hold the august office of ICC chairman and hence I am tendering my resignation as Chairman with immediate effect.”
The first ICC chief not affiliated to any of its member boards, Manohar took over the post from N. Srinivasan in May last year after giving up his position of BCCI president.
He has that he tried to curb the disproportionate amount of power wielded by the BCCI, Cricket Australia (CA) and the England Cricket Board (ECB).
The ICC had passed in principle a new constitution last month that corrected some of the imbalance in influence and financial power of the BCCI, CA and ECB.
A final call on the new constitution was to be taken at the next round of meetings by the ICC board’s next month.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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