Pravin Amre resigns from MCA's Managing Committee
Former India player Pravin Amre has resigned as a member of the managing committee of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) after being appointed as the Head of Talent Hunt for IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils.
Amre conveyed his decision in a letter to MCA President and BJP MLA Ashish Shelar.
"It is with a heavy heart that I tender my resignation from the managing committee of the MCA with immediate effect. I had to take this big step in keeping with the high standards that our august cricket body has set over the years," 49-year-old Amre said in the letter.
"I have just been appointed the MCA and it was only in fitness of things that I stand down from the MCA," he said.
"This, I believe is the ideal way to avoid being considered a fit case for conflict of interest as per the guidelines of the Justice Lodha panel recommendations. We, as administrators, have always set lofty standards for others to follow and I am only trying to follow that path," he said.
Amre, a right-handed batsman mostly remembered for his hundred on Test debut in Durban in 1992, also said that as "a Mumbai cricket product", he is fortunate to have served the sport in the city in various capacities.
"I believe it is the ideal time to set a new pattern in sports administration in India by turning a professional administrator," Amre further said in the letter.
Amre's resignation would be placed before the MCA Managing Committee next week and it was very likely to be approved, MCA sources said.
Amre has been associated with the Daredevils for the past around five years in various capacities. PTI
