KOLKATA: Rahul Johri’s day at Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to end as his resignation as the chief executive officer has been accepted. Reportedly, Johri floated his resignation letter in December and the board accepted it on Thursday, 9 July. 

He put his papers after the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) had made way for the Sourav Ganguly-led set-up to run the board. Reportedly, he was given an extension till 30 April. His contract was to end in 2021. He also oversaw the sale of the IPL media rights deal which Star India bagged in 2017 by a record amount during his tenure.

Johri had been appointed as the CEO in 2016. He also served as Discovery Networks Asia Pacific's executive vice-president and general manager for south Asia. Some reports claim that he could not maintain the sanctity of BCCI documents which brought him under scrutiny. Moreover, after Ganguly took over as BCCI president his responsibilities were gradually getting reduced