Roger Binny to replace Sourav Ganguly as BCCI’s new President

The 1983 World Cup winner  Roger Binny will be new BCCI cheif. He will replace Sourav Ganguly as its next president. Two office-bearers will retain their posts and one is set to get a promotion of sorts. Binny was the only one to file his nomination for the post of president. He was proposed and seconded by Saurashtra Cricket Association president Jaydev Shah and outgoing joint secretary Jayesh George. Jay Shah and Rajiv Shukla will hold on to their posts of Secretary and Vice President while Arun Dhumal will move from the post as BCCI treasurer to chairman of the Indian Premier League. Ganguly  will make way for Binny at the Board’s AGM on 18 October.The medium pacer was one of the architects of India’s historic World Cup triumph in 1983. In eight games, he took 18 wickets, the highest in that edition of prestigious tournament.

After hectic parleys and back-channel discussions in the past one week, it was decided that the 67-year-old Bangalore man would be the 36th Board president. Jay Shah, son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, will continue as BCCI Secretary for his second consecutive term. Shah will also replace Ganguly as India’s representative at the all powerful ICC Board. The only Congressman in the BCCI cabinet is Rajeev Shukla, who will continue as vice president. Sports minister Anurag Thakur’s younger brother Arun Singh Dhumal will now become IPL chairman. He will replace Brijesh Patel. Maharashtra BJP leader Ashish Shelar will be the new treasurer which means that he won’t become Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president. He was supposed to take up the role with support from Sharad Pawar faction. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s close aide Devajit Saikia will replace Jayesh George as the new joint secretary.