Indian Premier League (IPL) Chief Operating Officer Sundar Raman has quit from his post. The resignation comes close on the heels of a change in regime at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Raman, 43, has been associated with IPL since its inception in 2008.

BCCI reportedly expressed its displeasure after his name came up in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scam.

Raman had been in the eye of the storm when the scandal broke out, involving then BCCI President N Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals’ then co-owner Raj Kundra.

Last year, when the Supreme Court made certain parts of the Mudgal Committee report public, Raman was decreed to have been in touch with the bookmaker in the last IPL season. He was named as Individual 11 in the Mudgal report, which said he knew a bookie and had contacted him eight times in one season.

The report had also observed that Raman’s role should be further investigated.

Raman had countered the Mudgal report by filing an affidavit in the Supreme Court in November 2014, stating that one of his duties as IPL’s COO was to interact with various individuals, including celebrities and officials, and that the interactions could not be the basis for a misdemeanour.

The final report is likely to be submitted to the Supreme Court by the end of December.

Raman’s exit is widely being seen as a step towards cleaning up the IPL mess. BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur admitted recently that the cricket league is not clean. The board is now expected to act tough on team owners and players engaging in illegal activities.

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