Anil Kumble had stepped down as the chief mentor of IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, after a possible fallout of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) recent crackdown on conflict of interest.
At the Annual General Meeting conducted last month, the BCCI had decided to bust out on the players and administrators, who violated the conflict of interest clauses laid down by BCCI president Shashank Manohar.
Regarding this, Ravi Shastri, who was the Indian team director, was removed from the IPL Governing Council and even national selector Roger Binny was removed, as his son Stuart was in the Indian team.
Not stopping there, now it is removing Kumble from the position of BCCI's technical committee president and replacing him with Sourav Ganguly.
Speaking about the issue, Kumble said, “I sign off with the obvious satisfaction of moulding a set of brilliant individuals to a high performing unit. Over the 3 years, MI met unprecedented success winning the IPL twice and the Champions League once.”
“Mumbai Indians is grateful to Anil Kumble, India's highest wicket taker in both Tests and One-Days for his contribution in strengthening the Mumbai Indians franchise,” Kumble said, who has been the part of Mumbai Indians support staff, since 2013.
After involving in a forgery case against Anil Kumble in the past, this is another big debacle in his career. It should be seen, how far the influence would be.
By Phani Ch
