The process for the election of the next chairperson is expected to be approved by the ICC Board within the next week.
An official confirmed to Cricketnext that Manohar had indeed put down his papers citing personal reasons, although he did mention the fact that the resignation is yet to be officially accepted.
Anurag Thakur, who was serving as the secretary of the board, was proposed for the job by the east zone, whose turn it was to project the candidate for the coveted post. Thakur, also a BJP MP in the Lok Sabha, had the backing of all the east zone members including Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura and the National Cricket Club.
Mr Shashank Manohar, who on Tuesday resigned as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is the first elected independent Chairman of the game's governing body and will commence his two-year term with immediate effect.
To contest for the ICC Chairman afresh, Shashank Manohar quit as BCCI President after assuming office seven months ago.
Rahul Johri brings with him immense experience and knowledge on board and will be responsible for the smooth functioning of operations, stakeholder management and building robust strategies for further promoting the sport.
Approximately two to three such applications are required per week that comes to 1,60,000 to 3,00,000 litres of water per week to maintain turf growth and repair damaged areas, he was quoted in a statement issued here today.
The members will discuss if at all they will challenge some of the points in the recommended report. The president however remained tightlipped on the matter.
Ties between the two cricket boards have worsened after the Shashank Manohar-led BCCI ruled out a series in the UAE.
The decision was taken during the BCCI‘s 85th AGM meeting at its headquarters, here on Monday. Appointment of the ombudsman, or Ethics Officer, is one of the key changes that have been proposed in the BCCI's Memorandum of Rules and Regulations to be taken up at the AGM.
There was still no official word from the BCCI nor any press release on Raman's resignation.
Najam Sethi, who heads the PCB's executive committee, also downplayed reports that the BCCI had not followed the norms of hospitality while inviting the Pakistan cricket delegation to Mumbai.
There was speculation that the two neighbours would play either a bilateral series in the UAE or agree to a possible triangular series in December also involving Bangladesh.
The 58-year-old, who began his second stint as President after being elected to the post at the Special General Body meeting, said his top priority is to restore the battered image of the Board and sought two months' time to put the house in order.
Putting all the hectic parleys and backroom maneuvering to rest, the BCCI bigwigs seemed to have stumble on a consensus candidate for the president's post left vacant by the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya.
N Srinivasan has rejected the request made by some BCCI members to step down in the wake of IPL betting scandal in which his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been arrested and sent to police custody, sources said.
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was on Saturday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Indian Premier League.
It's raining money for the World Cup-winning Indian cricket team who also have been gifted residential plots, as state governments today vyed with each other to reward the victorius players.