Saba Karim asked to quit his BCCI General Manager Cricket Operations post: Report

Karim was appointed by the BCCI in December 2017.

Former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim has been asked to relinquish his BCCI General Manager Cricket Operations position, reported PTI on Sunday (July 19).

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Karim, who represented India in 1 Test and 34 ODIs, was appointed by the BCCI in December 2017.

The board is yet to issue an official statement on the matter but the PTI report claims that it was not satisfied with Karim’s planning for domestic cricket.

“Yes, he has been asked to resign. One of the reasons for that is that he was not able to prepare any tangible action plan for domestic cricket (in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic),” a BCCI source told PTI.

Domestic cricket is unlikely to start before December with the COVID-19 cases surpassing the million mark in India last week.

If the IPL takes place in September-November window as is being speculated, domestic cricket cannot be played at the same time.

Saba Karim’s case came in the wake of BCCI CEO Rahul Johri’s resignation earlier this month.

The board’s Chief Financial Officer Santosh Rangnekar had also stepped down last year after the new office-bearers, led by president Sourav Ganguly took charge.

(With PTI inputs)