Anurag Thakur is all set to be Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) new president unopposed as all six East Zone associations have backed The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP’s) Member of Parliament for Indian cricket’s top job.Thakur is all set to get elected as the new BCCI president in Mumbai on May 22. He will replace Shashank Manohar , who resigned from board president ship recently and has since been elected the chief of International Cricket Council.
Thakur is all set to get elected as the new BCCI president in Mumbai on May 22. He will replace Shashank Manohar , who resigned from board presidentship recently and has since been elected the chief of International Cricket Council.
Anurag was always a front-runner for the top post, after the resignation of Shashank Manohar, and all six associations including Cricket Association of Bengal, Jharkhand Cricket Association, Orissa Cricket Association, National Cricket Club of Kolkata, Assam Cricket Association and Tripura Cricket Association have nominated Thakur as their candidate.
Anurag was always a front-runner for the top post, after the resignation of Shashank Manohar, and all six associations including Cricket Association of Bengal, Jharkhand Cricket Association, Orissa Cricket Association, National Cricket Club of Kolkata, Assam Cricket Association and Tripura Cricket Association have nominated Thakur as their candidate.
The president of Assam Cricket Association Gautam Roy confirmed to The Indian Express that his association, and the five other East Zone associations, has decided Thakur to be a replacement of Shashank Manohar. “All six association in East Zone has agreed to nominate Thakur for president post. We have sent out a nomination form to him few days ago,” Roy said.
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