While the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) called it a routine affair, Bhowmick’s appointment comes in the wake of Mukherjee’s refusal to prepare a rank turner which Indian skipper MS Dhoni had asked for.

“He (Bhowmick) is my boss as he will be overseeing my work here,” is how a dejected Mukherjee described his relation with the East Zone curator who reached the city yesterday and would be participating in the pitch preparation.