BCCI Chief Ordered to Quit

India’s Supreme Court has ordered the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke to resign from their respective positions.

The Indian Supreme Court had recommended substantial changes in the BCCI, following serious allegations of corruption in the 2013 edition of the Indian Premier League. Cricket is India’s most popular sport, with Thakur having been expected to make the changes demanded by the Supreme Court by a deadline which has now passed.

The Supreme court created the Lodha Panel to recommend measures to neutralise issues within Indian cricket, with recommendations formed by the panel being presented in January 2016. The BCCI was unable to meet the deadlines imposed upon them, which led to the recent Supreme Court ruling.