Sunil Gavaskar the former Indian captain and the legendary batsmen today has resigned as International Cricket Council’s (ICC) cricket committee chairman. Gavaskar, who was asked to choose between his media commitments & role as the Chairman of ICC, tendered his resignation on Wednesday, a day after chairing the Cricket Committee meeting which concluded in Mumbai on Tuesday. Gavaskar said with more & more cricket it was not possible for him to do justice with the two jobs.
Gavaskar said in his statement, “I have thoroughly enjoyed the eight years I have held the role (of ICC Cricket Committee Chairman), which is an honorary position & it has been extremely fulfilling to be able to give back to the game through that role. However, with more & more cricket being played it has become clear that it is not possible for me to do justice to two jobs, the chairmanship of the ICC Cricket Committee & my media commitments”
"As an example of that, I had to leave my professional commitments as a commentator on the Indian Premier League matches in order to come and chair this year's meeting in Dubai.
"I envisaged the potential for this sort of issue two years ago and intimated then that I was not able to continue in the role but when I was asked to do so I was honoured to be re-elected.
"Now, however, it is clear I cannot combine both roles and therefore I am relinquishing the chair of the ICC Cricket Committee."
A report said the ICC has decided on this after its executive board meeting in Dubai. Sunil Gavaskar had described cricket playing nations Australia and England as “dinosaurs, still trying to voice their prejudiced opinions in the media, and may not open their eyes and see the reality”. Gavaskar’s comments came in a syndicated column.This had reportedly infuriated the ICC. Sunil Gavaskar was commenting on India’s controversial Sydney Test’s match referee Mike Procter, following the latter’s ruling against Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh. Andrew Symonds had alleged that Harbhajan Singh had racially abused him. Mike Procter’s ruling against Harbjhajan Singh was , however, dismissed by the appeals commisioner.
ICC's acting Chief Executive Officer David Richards said: "We are indebted to the work Sunil has put into his role as Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee. "He has brought his vast experience of the game to bear, not only over the eight years of his chairmanship but also the six years prior to that, when he was a delegate on the same committee. "Having someone of Sunil's stature involved has to be of benefit to the game and given the ICC's lengthy relationship with him we hope we can still utilize his knowledge in some other capacity in the future."
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