Saba Karim, BCCI’s General Manager (cricket operations) is learnt to have quit from his post and a formal announcement regarding the same is likely soon. Karim was also a former India wicket-keeper who played 1 Test and 34 Odi’s for his country.
Karim came in to work as the General Manager during 2017, with the then CEO Rahul Johri presiding over the appointment
Karim’s exit from the BCCI comes a week after the board accepted Rahul Johri’s resignation as CEO.
“Yes, he has been asked to resign. One of the reasons for that is that he was not able to prepare any tangible action plan for domestic cricket (in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic),” a BCCI source told PTI before the news regarding him handing in his resignation came into the forefront. Domestic cricket is unlikely to start before December with the COVID-19 cases continuing to rise in the country.
Further details of Karim’s exit and about who will take over his responsibilities going forward have not been discussed yet.
