Anil Kumble episode; lack of time behind Ramachandra Guha resignation
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Ramachandra Guha resigns as BCCI administrator. Image Source: twitter[/caption]Internet Desk: Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators’ (CoA) member, historian Ramchandra Guha today has informed the court that he had resigned from his post due to some personal reasons.
A bench of Justices M M Shantanagoudar and Deepak Gupta was informed by Mr. Guha’s counsel that he had sent his resignation to CoA chairman Vinod Rai on May 28.
The court said a special bench was seized of the matter and the petition should therefore be filed in the registry.
Advocate Rakesh Sinha, who mentioned the matter before the bench, said he had filed the petition to inform the court about Guha's decision to resign as the main matter would be coming up for hearing in July.
On January 30, the apex court had appointed a four-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) headed by former Auditor General Vinod Rai to run the affiairs of the board and implement the recommendations of the Justice R M Lodha panel which was approved by court on reforms in the cash-rich cricket board.
Vikram Limaye, Managing Director of Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), and former Indian women cricket skipper Diana Edulji were the other administrators who were appointed by the apex court.
While naming the COA in January, the bench, headed by Justice Dipak Misra, had rejected Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi's suggestion to appoint secretary of the Union sports ministry as one of the administrators, saying its July 18, 2016 judgement specifically debarred ministers and government servants from holding any office in BCCI.
The bench had also made it clear that the BCCI CEO would report to this COA and, with the assistance of the counsel of the Board, apprise the administrators about the implementation of the Lodha panel recommendations accepted by the apex court.
The apex court had on July 18, 2016 accepted the major recommendations of the Lodha panel, including a bar on ministers and civil servants and those above 70 years from becoming its members.
Historian Ramchandra Guha showed some personal reasons for his resignation from the Committee of Administrators (CoA) but according to the sources it could be linked to the speculations regarding present India coach Anil Kumble’s future.
The COA, it is learnt, has been left stunned by Guha's submission in the Supreme Court today that he has resigned due to personal reasons.
It has been learnt that Guha didn't discuss his resignation with any of his COA colleagues although his submission to the Supreme Court states that he had intimated committee head Vinod Rai.
"No, I had no clue about his resignation as he never told me anything about it. I only came to know from media," a COA member told PTI today.
The acclaimed historian has had little time for the COA and didn't attend half of its meetings due to his academic commitments.
Add to that, he wasn't particularly happy about the speculation surrounding Kumble. Kumble's future has become a matter of conjecture after reports emerged that there has been a rift between him and India captain Virat Kohli.
To be fair, neither among Guha, Vinod Rai or Vikram Limaye have charged a single penny from the BCCI even though they are entitled to a payment of Rs 1 lakh per person per working day.
"He has a thorough knowledge of sports history and is a learned man. But running cricket administration is a different ballgame. In any case, whether it's ICC or BCCI matters, it's Vinod Rai and Vikram Limaye, who were doing the hard yards," a senior BCCI official, said after learning about his resignation.
Many in BCCI feel that Guha's proximity to Kumble may also be one of the reasons as the historian was one of the brains behind the revamped pay structure idea.
And now with Kumble on a sticky wicket and impasse in BCCI unlikely to be over anytime soon, Guha may have considered it prudent to walk away.
"One is right that Anil Kumble did not voluntarily ask for pay hike. He was certainly told by COA to give a presentation. But the seeds of this idea were sown during the BCCI Annual Awards function in Bengaluru.
"Guha was one of the advocates of hike but he was clueless about percentages and rationale that goes in financial dealings," the BCCI official said.
Guha has written some of the most revered books on cricket like "Wickets In the East" and "Corner of a foreign Field".
He has been a vocal critic of the IPL and ironically, as a part of COA, needed to be present during some of the IPL meetings.
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