Jagmohan Dalmiya elected as BCCI president almost after a decade

Jagmohan Dalmiya elected as BCCI president almost after a decade. On Sunday, he was elected unopposed on the eve of the board’s annual general body meeting in Chennai.

It is learnt that he emerged as the consensus candidate between the factions headed by Sharad Pawar and N Srinivasan. Both sides agreed on Dalmiya, currently chief of the Cricket Association of Bengal.There was, however, a twist earlier Sunday as Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association and current BCCI joint secretary Anurag Thakur jumped into the contest after Srinivasan was said to have offered two East Zone supporters as proposer and seconder.

The Kolkata businessman, an old BCCI hand, knew he was home because he had all of East Zone’s support — it is the East Zone’s turn to propose the nomination of the president. Formerly a president of the ICC from 1997, Dalmiya had looked after day-to-day affairs of the board after the IPL spot-fixing scandal two seasons ago.

The 70-year-old has been an important figure in Indian cricket for more than three decades now. He was the front-runner for the post since it was East Zone’s turn to appoint a successor to the embattled N Srinivasan. With the Supreme Court barring Srinivasan from contesting elections till a probe is over, East Zone has looked to Dalmiya since he is considered a neutral figure in the stand-off, one who has the support of both factions.

Meanwhile, the board is all set to hold elections for other office-bearer posts where the two groups of Pawar camp and Srinivasan will be in head-to-head contests for the posts of secretary, treasurer, joint-secretary and the five vice-presidents.

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Source:Indianexpress

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