BCCI on Wednesday went back on its decision to call back Team India's administrative manager Sunil Subramanium after he tendered “an unconditional apology” for misbehaving with senior officials from the country’s High Commissions in Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago.

In what could have been a first in Indian cricket, the BCCI had contemplated calling back the manager midway from the ongoing tour, but Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai let him off with a severe reprimand following his apology.

“Sunil Subramaniam didn’t know that it was a request from the government of India. I had initially thought of recalling him back but in the evening, after he tendered an unconditional apology, I have decided to keep him for the remainder of the tour,” Rai told PTI.

“He will complete this tour as I have now accepted his apology,” Rai added.

Earlier, Subramanium was sent flight tickets for bringing him back at the earliest. He had indulged in high-handedness while dealing with senior Indian Foreign Service officers, a top BCCI official said. The IFS officials had reached out to him with the government’s request for a video shoot by players to promote ‘water conservation’.

"The Indian team had a fairly long shoot on ‘Water Conservation’ project and he needed to oversee that. Once that was over, he was sent an e-mail instructing him to choose the earliest available flight options," a BCCI official close to the matter was quoted as saying. 

Subramanium was given a direct entry into the recruitment process to try and retain his job in India's backroom staff. However, now it remains unclear whether the man will get a chance to appear for the interview or not. 

It has been learnt, the former Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner offered an unconditional apology for his alleged misbehaviour with officials from the Indian High Commissions in Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago.

He cited stress as the reason behind his poor conduct. 

"In his apology, he has said that he was sleep deprived and under stress which resulted in poor behaviour. He has apologised unconditionally. But you have to understand that the matter had reached the highest levels of the government and the BCCI can’t be seen doing nothing on the matter," the official said.

Subramanium, 52, who played 74 first-class games for 285 wickets, besides coaching R Ashwin in the past, has also been accused of repeatedly avoiding calls from senior government officials and then the BCCI members. 

"When a very senior person from Indian High Commission in Trinidad & Tobago called up Subramanium seeking his co-operation, he told him ‘Don’t flood me with messages’. The BCCI has come to know that he refused to entertain their calls when all they were doing was to carry out the government’s directive," the official added. 

(Inputs from PTI)