Ravi Savant files petition in HC over appointment of Amol Muzumdar as Mumbai coach | Cricket News – Times of India
MUMBAI: Former Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Ravi Savant on Friday filed a petition in the Bombay High Court, seeking to put a stay on the MCA’s decision to appoint Amol Muzumdar as the head coach of the Mumbai senior team for the 2020-21 season.
Savant has urged the court to restrain the MCA from appointing a coach pending a decision on the dismissal of the dissolution of the previous Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC).
“I’ve nothing against Amol, who’s been a domestic stalwart and is a former Mumbai Ranji-winning captain. It’s just that the process to appoint him is unconstitutional,” Savant told TOI.
Savant has termed the dissolution of the previous CIC by the MCA on February 18 as “mala fide, arbitrary and without any authority.”
He has urged the court to reinstate the previous CIC, which was headed by Lalchand Rajput, and included Raju Kulkarni and Sameer Dighe.
Muzumdar’s appointment has not gone down well with two MCA Apex Council members also.
In separate emails to MCA secretaries Sanjay Naik and Shahalam Sheikh, Apex Council members Unmesh Khanvilkar, a former secretary of the association, and Ajinkya Naik conveyed their displeasure at not being consulted or informed during the process of Muzumdar’s appointment.
“It’s most disheartening to know that such vital information like selection (not even the names) and finalization of the Mumbai senior team’s coach doesn’t reach us Apex council members as official communication. I request you to take this email for the discussion during the upcoming Apex Council meeting on 11th June 2021,” wrote Khanvilkar.
Reiterating the points highlighted by Khanvilkar, Naik wrote, “In the recently held BCCI AGM, the start of the domestic season wasn’t even discussed. In fact, the BCCI terminated a few contracts because they are not sure of the domestic season. While the credentials of Muzumdar are not in doubt, in my view making any new appointment in this situation will be a huge financial burden to MCA with the domestic cricket season in doubt.
Responding to the allegations, Sanjay Naik told TOI: “The Mumbai coach is appointed by the MCA’s CIC as per the provision of the constitution and not the office-bearers. In the past too, the CIC never consulted the office-bearers or Apex Council on these appointments. ”
Savant has urged the court to restrain the MCA from appointing a coach pending a decision on the dismissal of the dissolution of the previous Cricket Improvement Committee (CIC).
“I’ve nothing against Amol, who’s been a domestic stalwart and is a former Mumbai Ranji-winning captain. It’s just that the process to appoint him is unconstitutional,” Savant told TOI.
Savant has termed the dissolution of the previous CIC by the MCA on February 18 as “mala fide, arbitrary and without any authority.”
He has urged the court to reinstate the previous CIC, which was headed by Lalchand Rajput, and included Raju Kulkarni and Sameer Dighe.
Muzumdar’s appointment has not gone down well with two MCA Apex Council members also.
In separate emails to MCA secretaries Sanjay Naik and Shahalam Sheikh, Apex Council members Unmesh Khanvilkar, a former secretary of the association, and Ajinkya Naik conveyed their displeasure at not being consulted or informed during the process of Muzumdar’s appointment.
“It’s most disheartening to know that such vital information like selection (not even the names) and finalization of the Mumbai senior team’s coach doesn’t reach us Apex council members as official communication. I request you to take this email for the discussion during the upcoming Apex Council meeting on 11th June 2021,” wrote Khanvilkar.
Reiterating the points highlighted by Khanvilkar, Naik wrote, “In the recently held BCCI AGM, the start of the domestic season wasn’t even discussed. In fact, the BCCI terminated a few contracts because they are not sure of the domestic season. While the credentials of Muzumdar are not in doubt, in my view making any new appointment in this situation will be a huge financial burden to MCA with the domestic cricket season in doubt.
Responding to the allegations, Sanjay Naik told TOI: “The Mumbai coach is appointed by the MCA’s CIC as per the provision of the constitution and not the office-bearers. In the past too, the CIC never consulted the office-bearers or Apex Council on these appointments. ”
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