Sunil Gavaskar has stepped down from his post as chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee.

The former India batsman offered his resignation yesterday after chairing the annual committee meeting in Dubai last week, citing his commitments in the media as a major reason for his decision to leave his job after eight years.

"I have thoroughly enjoyed the eight years I have held the role, which is an honorary position, and it has been extremely fulfilling to be able to give back to the game through that role," Gavaskar said in a statement released by the ICC.

"However, with more and more cricket being played it has become clear that it is not possible for me to do justice to two jobs, the chairmanship of the ICC Cricket Committee and my media commitments.

"As an example of that, I had to leave my professional commitments as a commentator on the Indian Premier League matches in order to come and chair this year's meeting in Dubai.

"I envisaged the potential for this sort of issue two years ago and intimated then that I was not able to continue in the role, but when I was asked to do so I was honoured to be re-elected.

"Now, however, it is clear I cannot combine both roles and therefore I am relinquishing the chair of the ICC Cricket Committee."

6:12pm Friday 9th May 2008

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