Rajiv Shukla can be vice-presidentMUMBAI: India’s 1983 World Cup hero Roger Binny is ready to succeed Sourav Ganguly as the following BCCI president, whereas Rajiv Shukla will proceed to be the vice-president, TOI has learnt.
Whereas it is not completely clear but, Jay Shah, who was additionally closely tipped to be the brand new president, is prone to proceed because the BCCI secretary.
Binny and the remainder of the finalized candidates for the office-bearers’ posts will file their nominations on Tuesday.
Candidates can file their nominations on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The BCCI election, which is able to now be a mere formality, will happen on October 18.
Roger Binny.
(TOI Picture)”Binny would be the new president of the BCCI.
Rajivji (Rajiv Shukla) will keep on because the VP,” a dependable supply, who arrived right here on Monday for a gathering of all of the state representatives known as by the BCCI to resolve on the 5 office-bearers’ posts, informed this paper late on Monday night time, forward of a proper assembly of the state representatives on Tuesday.
Binny’s arrival for this assembly kind of confirmed earlier experiences that he was within the race for the president’s put up.
The 67-year-old has performed 27 Exams (47 wickets) from 1979-87 and 72 ODIs (77 wickets) from 1980-87.
His greatest hour of glory, after all, was the 1983 World Cup, when he took 18 wickets in 8 video [email protected], (greatest bowling 4-29) to emerge as the very best wicket-taker of the match and play an important position in India’s beautiful triumph.
TOI had on October 8 reported about the opportunity of Binny changing into the brand new president of the BCCI.
Sourav Ganguly.
(TOI Picture)Hypothesis round Binny, who has served as a nationwide selector prior to now, being a shock candidate for the coveted put up was triggered when the previous India seamer’s identify appeared on the BCCI’s Draft Electoral Rolls for the elections and the Annual Basic Assembly as a consultant of the Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation.
Prior to now, KSCA was represented by their secretary Santosh Menon within the Board AGM of the Board.
The elections can be held right here on October 18.
The scrutiny of the nominations will happen on October 13 and the candidates can withdraw their nominations newest by October 14.
Rajiv Shukla.
(TOI Picture)The event has led to hypothesis whether or not Ganguly’s innings in BCCI is over for now.
In accordance with sources, the previous India captain was eager to proceed as BCCI president however did not discover sufficient backers within the board assembly.
PTI reported that “Ganguly was supplied the IPL chairmanship however he politely declined”.
Nevertheless, not one of the officers TOI spoke to confirmed this.
Sources additionally mentioned it’s extremely unlikely Ganguly can be chosen to signify BCCI at ICC conferences sooner or later.
There was no determination on India’s consultant to the ICC thus far.
Binny will thus be the second participant from India’s 1983 World Cup profitable workforce to grow to be the BCCI president – on March 28, 2014, the Supreme Court docket had appointed batting legend Sunil Gavaskar because the interim president of the BCCI, primarily to supervise the seventh season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Curiously, Binny is prone to quickly have the corporate of his former teammate from that facet, Dilip Vengsarkar, within the BCCI.
The previous India skipper is contesting the elections of the Indian Cricketers Affiliation as a male consultant of the ICA within the board.
Different members of India’s ’83 WC-winning workforce are additionally set to come back into cricket administration.
Sandeep Patil is contesting the MCA elections, speculated to be held on October 20, to grow to be the brand new MCA president, whereas Balwinder Singh Sandhu is contesting to be the ICA consultant in MCA.
Patil now favorite to be grow to be MCA prezShelar’s candidature for the treasurer’s put up additionally implies that he is no extra within the race for the put up of the president of the Mumbai Cricket Affiliation, though he filed the nomination type for a similar on Monday.
If Shelar withdraws his candidature, former India batsman Sandeep Patil is now a sizzling favorite to grow to be the MCA president.
It means Patil can be pitted towards Amol Kale and Sanjay Naik from the Sharad Pawar-Ashish Shelar group for the MCA president’s put up.
The ultimate Checklist of candidates for BCCI office-bearers’ positions:Roger Binny: President Rajiv Shukla: Vice President Jay Shah: Secretary Devajit Saikia: Jt secretary Ashish Shelar: Treasurer Arun Dhumal: IPL chairman .
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