Manu Sawhney to leave ICC with immediate effect

The International Cricket Council announced that Chief Executive Manu Sawhney will leave the organization with immediate effect.

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The development comes months after Sawhney was suspended after an internal review, which was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Sawhney became the ICC CEO in January 2019. He succeeded former South African cricketer Dave Richardson, who had held the position for 7 years.

The 56-yeManu Sawhney to leave ICC with immediate effectar-old has been under pressure since the election process for the new chairman was set in motion last year, which ended with Greg Barclay taking the position in November.

It is alleged that Sawhney’s “authoritarian style of functioning” is far removed from the inclusive approach taken by Richardson and has not gone down well with the employees.