Shashank Venkatesh Manohar is a prominent Indian lawyer and cricket administrator.
26 Facts About Shashank Manohar
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Shashank Manohar twice served as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, from 2008 to 2011, and again from November 2015 to May 2016.
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Shashank Manohar served as the chairman of the International Cricket Council from November 2015 to March 2017.
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Shashank Manohar had told BCCI vice-president Arun Jaitley in clear terms before 2 June 2013 working committee meeting that he was "not interested" in taking charge of the Board on an ad-hoc basis because such an ad hoc appointment is void as per the BCCI constitution.
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Shashank Manohar's counsel told the Bombay High Court that Lalit Modi who was chairman IPL and vice-president BCCI during IPL in 2009 took all major decisions after approval from the BCCI committee.
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Shashank Manohar had advised the IPL governing council to first take permission from RBI and only then open an account in South Africa.
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Shashank Manohar tore apart Srinivasan in an interview to the tabloid Mumbai Mirror on 3 October 2013.
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Shashank Manohar said that as Srinivasan was responsible for the mess in BCCI, he should not be BCCI president any more.
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Many state cricket association members think that only Shashank Manohar can restore cricket board's credibility.
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Shashank Manohar alleged the committee appointed Srinivasan's "cronies" to investigate his own wrongdoings in the board.
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Shashank Manohar had said in the April 2014 Working committee meeting that Justice Mudgal who is completely unbiased and can effectively probe the scam with the help of CBI instead of the 3 members elected by Srinivasan's cronies.
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In view of the court's observation, Shashank Manohar urged the BCCI member associations to take a stance.
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Less than 24 hours after refusing to be part of any alliance involving Srinivasan, Shashank Manohar emerged as the clear favourite to succeed the late Jagmohan Dalmiya as the president.
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Shashank Manohar, who has a squeaky clean image and a no-nonsense approach to administration, soon emerged as the favourite.
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Shashank Manohar changed his mind only after Arun Jaitley and Sharad Pawar both endorsed his candidature.
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The deal was clinched when Pawar, the leader of Shashank Manohar's group, gave his go-ahead in the matter along with former treasurer Ajay Shirke, a senior BCCI official told PTI.
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Shashank Manohar has made six promises which would be implemented in the immediate near future:.
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Shashank Manohar resigned from the post of chairman of the International Cricket Council on 30 June 2020.
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Shashank Manohar held this position for four years and after him, ICC deputy chairman Imran Khwaja was made interim chairman until the election.
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Shashank Manohar is the eldest son of Sandhya and VR Manohar.
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VR Shashank Manohar was the Advocate General of Maharashtra during the Chief ministership of Sharad Pawar and served as the President of Vidarbha Cricket Association in the past.
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Shashank's paternal grandfather RK Manohar was a lawyer and was associated with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and he contested an election on its ticket.
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Shashank's younger brother Sunil Manohar has served as the Advocate General of Maharashtra.
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Shashank Manohar's sister Vasanti Naik is a judge at the Bombay High Court.
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Shashank Manohar is said to be an introvert bordering on the recluse.
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Shashank Manohar didn't have a passport until 2007, and his first foreign trip was to Dubai to attend the ICC meeting in 2008.