Left IPL commentary

Gavaskar also cited an example. “I had to leave my professional commitments as a commentator on the Indian Premier League matches in order to come and chair this year’s meeting in Dubai. I envisaged the potential for this sort of issue two years ago and intimated then that I was not able to continue in the role, but when I was asked to do so I was honoured to be re-elected. Now, however, it is clear I cannot combine both roles and therefore I am relinquishing the chair of the ICC Cricket Committee.”

ICC’s acting CEO David Richardson expressed his gratitude towards Gavaskar’s contribution.

“We are indebted to the work Sunil has put into his role as Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee. He has brought his vast experience of the game to bear, not only over the eight years of his chairmanship but also the six years prior to that, when he was a delegate on the same committee,” he said. “Having someone of Sunil’s stature involved has to be of benefit to the game and given the ICC’s lengthy relationship with him we hope we can still utilise his knowledge in some other capacity in the future.”