International Cricket Council chief executive Manu Sawhney has been sent on “leave” after his conduct came up during an internal investigation by audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers and may resign before his term ends. It is understood that Sawhney, who replaced Dave Richardson after the ICC World Cup in 2019 for a tenure until 2022, was not even the best with some conditions on the influential Cricket Board regarding various policy decisions. He has come under scrutiny for allegedly “unnatural behavior” with colleagues.
“There has been testimony on behalf of many ICC employees about their ‘rude behavior’, which a very few of the employees,” a senior ICC board official quoted a senior PTI official as saying on condition of anonymity. Not great for skilled group morale. “
The 56-year-old has not been to office for some time and has been asked to go on leave on Tuesday.
“The board of directors is trying to find a compromise formula where Sohni resigns and resigns with respect to his resignation,” the source said.
He was under pressure ever since the process of electing the new chairman last year, which took over as Greg Barclay in November.
It has been alleged that Sohni’s “authoritarian style” is far from the inclusive approach taken by Richardson and has not gone down well with the staff.
In addition, some cricket boards are unhappy to support interim chairman Imran Khawaja during the elections last year.
“He hasn’t really been the favorite of a lot of cricket boards during the last few years. At first, not many people liked his passive involvement between New Zealand’s Greg Barclay and Singapore’s Imran Khwaja. Replace Shahshank Manohar, “A senior BCCI source for the development of ICC told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
The second big reason is that some of the big boards are upset and have their support regarding the ICC’s recent decision to pay and pay fees to host the event during the next cycle.
It is understood that the BCCI, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia are completely against the idea and have expressed their displeasure at various board meetings.
Another reason is to propose at least one ICC flagship event every year during the next eight-year cycle from 2023-2031, which has not even received the “Big Three” vote.
If Sawhney does not want to resign, it could lead to a prolonged removal process by the all-powerful Board of Directors.
“Manu also has support within the board which is now divided into two factions of 9 and 8 members on each side. To remove Manu, 12 out of 17 votes would be required, which is two-thirds of the board of directors. . Came with the approval of the majority of the board. “
“It will be interesting that 12 of the 17 votes needed to remove the ‘Big Three’ faction can be got,” the source said.
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Sawney is the former CEO of Singapore Sports Hub and has also served as the Managing Director of ESPN Star Sports, a company in which he worked for 17 years.
He is also a non-executive director and member of the audit committee of Manchester United Limited.
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