5 key points of contention between ICC and BCCI

2. Shashank Manohar’s cold shoulder to the BCCI

Shashank Manohar was elected unopposed as the ICC president in May this year

After a brief second tenure of about 8 months as BCCI chief, Shashank Manohar stepped down from the role in early May only to be named the first independent chairman of the International Cricket Council in a matter of 48 hours or so. Ever since he has assumed his new responsibility, Manohar has chosen to keep himself away from the Indian cricket board and its affairs and has openly stated in the media that the BCCI should look after its own interests.

This has not gone down too well with the current BCCI president, Anurag Thakur, who is blaming Shashank Manohar for abandoning the board when they needed him most. Thakur has also pointed out that the present chairman of the world cricket governing body did not take all members of the BCCI into confidence before making changes to the ICC constitution.

Moreover, with BCCI being one of the primary stakeholders in the ICC at the moment, Anurag Thakur feels that Manohar can ill afford to have nothing to do with them.