ICC CEO Manu Sawhney Sent On Leave After Investigation By Audit Firm

Manu Sawhney, the International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO, has been asked to go on leave.

The rather unexpected development comes following an investigation by audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) over Sawhney’s authoritarian behaviour.

Sawhney replaced David Richardson at the helm of affairs back in 2019 when Shashank Manohar was the chairman of the ICC.

ICC has asked CEO Manu Sawhney to go on leave

Sawhney asked to go on leave due to “abrasive behaviour”

As per reports, Manu Sawhney has found himself in midst of trouble because of “abrasive behaviour” with his staff. It is learnt he was accused of the same in his previous employment in Singapore. Reports suggest, as many as 90 per cent of the employees deposed against Sawhney within ICC’s Dubai office.

Sawhney’s “authoritarian style of functioning”, say reports, was in high contrast with the more inclusive approach of his predecessor Richardson. And that hasn’t been received well by a lot of the ICC employees.

Sawhney, 56, hasn’t attended office for some time now and was asked to go on leave on Tuesday (March 10).

Previously associated with Singapore Sports Hub and before that the head of ESPN Star Sports for 17 years, Sawhney, had one more year left in his ICC tenure.

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