Former
Indian captain Anil Kumble comes out after attending BCCI meeting in
New Delhi. Kumble tendered his resignation from the chairmanship of NCA.
(PTI Photo)
BANGALORE: Cricket babudom's latest victim is former India captain Anil Kumble.
At a time when there's a serious call for more sportsmen to be involved
in sports administration, Kumble resigned from his post as NCA chairman during a BCCI Working Committee meeting in Delhi on Monday.
A series of allegations, which included a possible conflict of interest thanks to the multiple hats he wore, hadn't led him to call it a day. In fact he had insisted then that it is not in his nature to run away from a problem. But when his vision for a new-look National Cricket Academy (NCA), which would go beyond being a rehabilitation center as it seems to be now, was repeatedly put on the backburner, Kumble realized his time was up.
"I had a three-year vision for the NCA but when that didn't seem to find an alignment with the other members (of the NCA as well as the BCCI), I decided to move on," Kumble told TOI.
The resignation was reportedly accepted promptly and Punjab's MP Pandove appointed caretaker chairman. The NCA itself had met in Chennai on Sunday, a meeting chaired by Kumble. "I didn't want to be a mere figurehead, that's not how I work," added Kumble.
Soon after he took over the Bangalore-based NCA in 2010, Kumble had made a presentation to the BCCI top brass where he had laid out his vision for the academy in the years to come. At that time itself there were murmurs that the BCCI didn't quite agree with what he had to say. "I am not saying whatever I propose be accepted. But if nothing is going to be done, then I might as well as move on," said Kumble, who is presently the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, a honorary post, and the mentor of IPL side Royal Challengers Bangalore, a paid job.
Kumble is also director of a player management firm named Tenvic, which has in its fold players like Vinay Kumar, S Arvind and CM Gautam, two promising Karnataka cricketers. It is this that was cited as a possible clash of conflict and the reason for his resignation but Kumble made clear those allegations had nothing to do with the resignation.
A series of allegations, which included a possible conflict of interest thanks to the multiple hats he wore, hadn't led him to call it a day. In fact he had insisted then that it is not in his nature to run away from a problem. But when his vision for a new-look National Cricket Academy (NCA), which would go beyond being a rehabilitation center as it seems to be now, was repeatedly put on the backburner, Kumble realized his time was up.
"I had a three-year vision for the NCA but when that didn't seem to find an alignment with the other members (of the NCA as well as the BCCI), I decided to move on," Kumble told TOI.
The resignation was reportedly accepted promptly and Punjab's MP Pandove appointed caretaker chairman. The NCA itself had met in Chennai on Sunday, a meeting chaired by Kumble. "I didn't want to be a mere figurehead, that's not how I work," added Kumble.
Soon after he took over the Bangalore-based NCA in 2010, Kumble had made a presentation to the BCCI top brass where he had laid out his vision for the academy in the years to come. At that time itself there were murmurs that the BCCI didn't quite agree with what he had to say. "I am not saying whatever I propose be accepted. But if nothing is going to be done, then I might as well as move on," said Kumble, who is presently the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, a honorary post, and the mentor of IPL side Royal Challengers Bangalore, a paid job.
Kumble is also director of a player management firm named Tenvic, which has in its fold players like Vinay Kumar, S Arvind and CM Gautam, two promising Karnataka cricketers. It is this that was cited as a possible clash of conflict and the reason for his resignation but Kumble made clear those allegations had nothing to do with the resignation.
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