IPL COO Sundar Raman quits, BCCI accepts resignation

Mumbai

It has been learnt that the BCCI President Shashank Manohar had asked Raman to step down before October 31 failing which he would have been removed at the Board's Annual General Meeting on November 9.
     
According to top sources, Raman met the BCCI President at Nagpur yesterday and tendered his resignation which has been accepted. "Yes, he (Raman) has submitted his resignation to the BCCI President and BCCI President has accepted it," IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla said.
     
"No doubt he was a very competent person and looked after IPL all these years with maximum ability and command. I appreciate his contribution to the IPL and wish him best for his future." Soon after taking charge in his second stint, Manohar had expressed his displeasure over the BCCI's decision to retain Raman after his name cropped up in the spot-fixing scandal.

Raman, who had been associated with IPL since its inception, faced a lot of flak following the outbreak of the controversy, involving former Board President N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals' then co-owner Raj Kundra. Despite all the controversies, Raman managed to sail through for two years. In December last year when the Supreme Court made certain parts of the Mudgal Committee report public, Raman was decreed to have been "in touch with a contact of a bookmaker eight times during the last IPL season".

Raman was named as Individual 12 in the report. When questioned by the Mudgal panel, Raman "admitted" that he "knew" a contact of the bookie, but claimed to be "unaware of his connection with betting activities".