BCCI lacks vision: Kumble

New Delhi: Former India captain Anil Kumble today resigned from his position as National Cricket Academy (NCA) chairman, claiming that his proposals were repeatedly ignored by the BCCI and other committee members. Almost two months after a controversy broke out over an apparent conflict of interest, Kumble today stepped down and his resignation was accepted by the BCCI’s Working Committee, which met today. Punjab Cricket Association’s general secretary MP Pandove will be the caretaker chairman of the NCA till a full-time appointment is made. There was, however, no official word from BCCI regarding the issue. [caption id=“attachment_154477” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Anil Kumble has resigned as chairman of the NCA. Reuters”]  [/caption] Initially, Kumble gave “lack of time” as the official reason behind his decision but later on the day, he told PTI that he was left with no other option as his vision was not in alignment with the rest of the NCA members. “BCCI lacks vision,” said Kumble told PTI, adding: “I had a three-year vision to make NCA a better place. I had made 10 presentations during my tenure as chairman with the hope that my vision could be accepted. Even on Sunday I had discussed this at the NCA meeting in Chennai. But it was not in alignment with the rest of the committee.” “I felt that it made no sense to be a chairman when I was not being heard. I had no other option but to move on in life,” he added. Kumble is also the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, a mentor with the IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore and has his own company ‘Tenvic’ which manages Karnataka players like R Vinay Kumar and Sreenath Aravind. Interestingly, a few months back, there were reports of Kumble having ‘conflict of interest’ being the KSCA president who also happens to own a company that manages some of Karnataka’s top cricketers. Kumble, 41, who has captured 619 wickets in 132 Tests, is the third highest Test wicket-taker behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne. In 271 one-dayers, he has taken 337 wickets. PTI