The BCCI’s fight to stall the reforms directed by the Supreme Court suffered a telling blow as veteran politician Sharad Pawar tendered his resignation from the president’s post of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) here on Saturday.
The former ICC and BCCI president is one of the biggest names in BCCI administration and he has stepped down adhering to the norm of age-cap of 70 years as prescribed by the lodha panel, stating that he is “hurt” by the perception that people stick around in BCCI as it is “lucrative”.
“The Supreme Court has taken a decision that officials above 70 years of age should not remain in cricket bodies. This decision is applicable to me. That is why I am resigning from the position of MCA president and I request you (secretary) to accept it,” the NCP supremo said in his resignation letter submitted to MCA during the association’s Emergent Managing Committee meeting.