The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday appointed former Indian cricketer Saba Karim as the General Manager of Cricket Operations. The cricket body in a statement, notified that some of the major responsibilities of Karim will include giving strategic direction to the cricket department, implementing the operational plans, budgeting, determining and monitoring the compliance of match playing regulations, standards of venues, and administration of domestic program. The former batsman-wicket-keeper will assume change on January 1.

Saba Karim