Publish Date: | Tue, 11 Oct 2022 05:33 PM (IST)
BCCI Election: The way has been cleared for Roger Binny, the former cricketer and player of India’s 1983 World Cup winning team, to become the new BCCI President. Actually there will be no election for any post of the board, i.e. all the candidates will be elected unopposed. In this way, the Congress leader is Rajiv Shukla, will continue to hold the post of vice-president. At the same time, Jay Shah, son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, will remain the BCCI secretary for the second consecutive term. Maharashtra BJP leader Ashish Shelar is also set to be the treasurer.
I’ve filed nomination for the post of Vice President, Roger Binny has filed nomination for the President, Jay Shah has filed for Secretary and Ashish Shelar for Treasurer. As of now, the situation is that all will be appointed unopposed: BCCI VP Rajeev Shukla on BCCI polls pic.twitter.com/98r8uPlIi9
— ANI (@ANI) October 11, 2022
Sourav Ganguly will announce his appointment as the new President of BCCI at the Board’s AGM on October 18. Sourav Ganguly has been holding the post of President of BCCI for the last three years. Binny will officially take charge of the BCCI on 18 October at the AGM in Mumbai. Roger Binny, 67, will be the 36th chairman of the board. Binny, a medium pacer, was one of the key characters in the story of India’s historic World Cup victory in 1983. He took 18 wickets in eight matches, the highest in that tournament.
Apart from this, Arun Singh Dhumal, younger brother of Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, will now become the chairman of the IPL. He will replace Brijesh Patel. Jay Shah will now represent India in the ICC Board. This responsibility was earlier with Ganguly. Devjit Saikia, a close aide of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, will replace Jayesh George as the new Joint Secretary.
After several rounds of talks and back-channel discussions over the past week, it was decided that
However, whether BCCI will contest for the post of ICC President or not is yet to be decided. PTI quoted a BCCI source as saying that an influential minister in the central government played a key role in deciding the posts in the formation of the board.