Published: Jun 05, 2015, 06:42 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 06, 2015, 10:03 AM (IST)
Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) anti-corruption chief Ravi Sawani has resigned citing personal reasons. His resignation has been accepted, Board Secretary Anurag Thakur told PTI. Sawani will now serve a one month notice period. Sawani had set up BCCI’s anti-corruption unit in 2012 after his similar stint with the sport’s governing body International Cricket Council (ICC). READ: BCCI hopeful of resolving WICB dispute
He reportedly wanted to quit in April but was asked to carry on until the end of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015. Neeraj Kumar, who was recently roped in as advisor to BCCI’s anti-corruption unit, is tipped to replace Sawani.
Kumar, a former Delhi Police commissioner, had led the spot-fixing investigations in 2013, leading to the arrests of then Rajasthan Royals (RR) players S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan. READ: S Ravi: Standard of Indian umpires have improved because of IPL
