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BCCI names Saba Karim as GM – Cricket Operations
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Former India stumper Saba Karim was on Friday named General Manager, cricket operations of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He will assume office on January 1.
The General Manager’s post had been left vacant after the resignation of late M.V. Sridhar over a conflict of interest issue.
According to a statement from the board, some of the major responsibilities for Karim in his new post would include “giving strategic direction to the cricket department, implementing the operational plans, budgeting, determining and monitoring the compliance of match playing regulations, standards of venues and administration of domestic programme”.
The former wicketkeeper-batsman will report to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and assist him in meeting the board’s vision and strategy.
Karim played one Test and 34 One-Day Internationals for India, in an international career that spanned from January 1997 to November 2000. He has also played more than 100 first-class games scoring more than 7000 runs for Bihar, and later, Bengal.
He was also part of the national selection committee from the East Zone in 2012 before becoming a television commentator.
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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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