MV Sridhar tenders his resignation from General Manager's post

It was learnt that Sridhar submitted his resignation during on Wednesday's COA meeting at the Cricket Centre Headquarters.

For the time being, CEO Rahul Johri will be the head of Cricket Operations supported by a three-member team comprising Mayank Parik (International Cricket, Logistics), KVP Rao (Domestic Cricket) and Gaurav Saxena (for ICC/ACC matters, co-ordination with other international boards and point person for the Indian men's cricket team).

"Please note that Dr MV Sridhar has decided to move on and tendered his resignation," Johri wrote in his mail to the office-bearers.

"His resignation has been accepted today (Wednesday) by the Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (COA). Dr Sridhar has agreed to stay on till September 30, 2017 for smooth handover of work. We thank him for his services to BCCI." Sridhar was under the scanner for quite some time now with allegations of financial impropriety in his home state association -- Hyderabad CA -- when he was heading the state body. "Sridhar was time and again told to relocate to Mumbai and operate from there. However, he was shuttling between Hyderabad and Mumbai, which was not the best way to function for the head of Cricket Operations," a senior BCCI official, privy to the development, said on Wednesday. The incident that proved to be the last straw for the COA was appointment of a trainer called Sohum Desai at the NCA. Before that, he had irked a few top people in the board by scrapping the Duleep Trophy. Duleep Trophy was later restored by the COA. Desai was working at current Team India strength and conditioning coach Shankar Basu's Chennai-based gym 'Primal Patterns' and there are allegations of Conflict of Interest against Basu as well.