Dalmiya resigns from CAB, promises to bounce back

Under pressure from the Cricket Board, former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya resigned from the post of the president of Cricket Association of Bengal on Wednesday but promised to soon bounce back into reckoning.

In a letter to the members of the Working Committee of the CAB, Dalmiya said he had decided to resign due to what he alleged as "a pre-determined and vindictive attitude of the current regime of the BCCI".

Dalmiya, who had been expelled for life by the BCCI earlier this month said he would continue to fight against "injustice" on his own accord saying, "I am sure my stand would be fully vindicated through the process of law in which I have full confidence."

He also promised to stage a comeback saying, "I am confident that I will fully regain the opportunity to continue to serve the game of cricket with full honour."

Dalmiya, who has been controlling the affairs of CAB for almost 25 years, also proposed that former BCCI president Biswanath Dutt would be the right person to head CAB in these difficult circumstances. He said he appealed to Dutta to accept the charge of CAB.

Dalmiya's resignation came ahead of this evening's crucial Working Committee meeting of the CAB, in which the issue of Dalmiya's expulsion for life by BCCI was to be taken up as per which he could no longer continue as an office-bearer of any affiliate.