The Indian Premier League Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sundar Raman has resigned from his position on Tuesday, putting an end to the intense speculation over his future in the wake of the change of regime in the BCCI.
In an effort to clean up the system, the BCCI has promptly accepted Raman’s resignation. It has been learnt that he had been asked by the BCCI President Shashank Manohar to put in his papers by October 31.
The BCCI has not yet commented on Raman’s resignation nor has there been any press release.
“Yes, Sundar Raman has resigned. I can confirm that,” said BCCI Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) on Tuesday. According to a top source, Raman met BCCI president Shashank Manohar in Nagpur on Monday and submitted his resignation.
Soon after taking charge of his second stint, Manohar had expressed his displeasure over the BCCI’s decision to retain Raman after his name cropped up in the 2013 IPL spot- fixing scandal.
Raman faced a lot of flak following the outbreak of 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal involving former Board President N Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals’ then co-owner Raj Kundra. Despite all the controversies, Raman managed to hang on to his post.
In December last year when the Supreme Court made certain parts of the Mudgal Committee report public, Raman was allegedly in touch with a bookmaker eight times during the last IPL season. The Mudgal Committee in its report had observed that Raman’s role should be further investigated.
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