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Saba has been very vocal about his views on various cricketing aspects like team performance, umpiring standards and day-night test matches etc. to name a few. | Saba has been very vocal about his views on various cricketing aspects like team performance, umpiring standards and day-night test matches etc. to name a few. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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==Involvement in cricket associations== | ==Involvement in cricket associations== | ||
===Appointment with BCCI=== | ===Appointment with BCCI=== | ||
On 1 January 2018, Saba Karim was appointed by BCCI as General Manager, Cricket Operations. Primarily, his major responsibilities held as giving strategic direction to the cricket department, implementing the operational plans, budgeting, determining and monitoring the compliance of match playing regulations, standards of venues, administration of Domestic Program.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/saba-karim-appointed-gm/article22268380.ece}}</ref> Apart from Saba, former pacer Venkatesh Prasad's name was also highlighted for applying for the same position. | On 1 January 2018, Saba Karim was appointed by BCCI as General Manager, Cricket Operations. Primarily, his major responsibilities held as giving strategic direction to the cricket department, implementing the operational plans, budgeting, determining and monitoring the compliance of match playing regulations, standards of venues, administration of Domestic Program.<ref>{{cite news|date=2017-12-23|title=Saba Karim appointed GM|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/saba-karim-appointed-gm/article22268380.ece}}</ref> Apart from Saba, former pacer Venkatesh Prasad's name was also highlighted for applying for the same position. | ||
===National selector=== | ===National selector=== | ||
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In October 2019, Saba Karim was criticized for not arranging enough pink balls for the various domestic matches despite [[Sourav Ganguly|Sourav Ganguly's]] insistence on the same. A functionary was quoted as saying – "Had Karim ensured that we had domestic matches under lights, says knockouts of the Ranji Trophy or for that matter the Irani Cup, we would have had enough balls ready. But the whole idea was almost put into the boot of the car. There was no effort made. So now, when we have to provide for close to 48 balls – to the two teams, the match officials, etc – where do we get them from? How about substitute balls if one ball is hit out of the park after 34 overs? You need a ball of the almost same condition. Where do we get them from?”<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/saba-karim-under-the-scanner-as-bcci-likely-to-turn-to-kookaburra-or-dukes-for-pink-ball-903010| title= Saba Karim under the scanner as BCCI likely to turn to kookaburra or dukes for pink ball | agency = Indo-Asian News Service | date=29 October 2019}}</ref> | In October 2019, Saba Karim was criticized for not arranging enough pink balls for the various domestic matches despite [[Sourav Ganguly|Sourav Ganguly's]] insistence on the same. A functionary was quoted as saying – "Had Karim ensured that we had domestic matches under lights, says knockouts of the Ranji Trophy or for that matter the Irani Cup, we would have had enough balls ready. But the whole idea was almost put into the boot of the car. There was no effort made. So now, when we have to provide for close to 48 balls – to the two teams, the match officials, etc – where do we get them from? How about substitute balls if one ball is hit out of the park after 34 overs? You need a ball of the almost same condition. Where do we get them from?”<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/saba-karim-under-the-scanner-as-bcci-likely-to-turn-to-kookaburra-or-dukes-for-pink-ball-903010| title= Saba Karim under the scanner as BCCI likely to turn to kookaburra or dukes for pink ball | agency = Indo-Asian News Service | date=29 October 2019}}</ref> | ||
Since October 2019, | Since October 2019, Saba has been accused of the unconstitutional appointment of the support staff of the women's national team by CoA member Diana Edulji and BCCI's new apex council member Shantha Rangaswamy. Edulji wrote in an email to the BCCI CEO that candidates for the post of a video analyst for the national women's team were interviewed on Friday despite Pushkar Sawant, the current analyst, having been already nominated by Karim, without keeping the selectors in the loop.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.crictracker.com/crictracker-exclusive-in-the-bcci-who-you-know-matters-more-than-what-you-know/| title= In the BCCI, who you know matters more than what you know | publisher = CricTracker | date=22 October 2019}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:India national cricket team selectors]] | [[Category:India national cricket team selectors]] | ||
[[Category:Indian cricket commentators]] | [[Category:Indian cricket commentators]] | ||
[[Category:Wicket-keepers]] | |||
[[Category:Cricketers from Bihar]] | |||