Khanna likely to be BCCI chief as Amitabh, Aniruddh return

The Supreme Court of India has made things crystal clear regarding a cumulative period of 18 years as per the July 18 verdict stands, the two executive functionaries of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) -joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary are most likely to get back to work.

Delhi’s veteran cricket administrator C K Khanna who is the senior most vice-president of the BCCI had said that he has received a letter from the BCCI, acknowledging that he is the senior most VP of the board. “I have got a letter from BCCI on January 2 where it acknowledged that I am the senior most vice president,” Khanna told PTI.

His comments came even as the Supreme Court modified its earlier order by which a person having a cumulative tenure of nine years in any state association and BCCI would stand disqualified from holding any position in the apex cricket body.

The verdict also means that Ratnakar Shetty and MV Sridhar will continue in their respective capacities as GM (Game Development) and CO (Cricket Operations) after there were complaints about them having been office bearers in their respective states for more than nine years.

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However, all the office bearers will have a short term as the Supreme Court appointed administrative committee will be taking over from January 24. The administrators will certainly take a few months to set the house in order during which they are supposed to implement the Lodha Committee’s suggested reforms, oversee the change of constitution and a smooth conduct of the elections in the parent body as well as the state.

However, it will be Jharkhand’s Amitabh, who now will get back his executive veto to convene meetings while treasurer Aniruddh will be an authorized signatory in financial matters till the interim administrators form the new panel.

It is therefore very much in the lines that the convenor for Indian team’s selection for the one-off Test against Bangladesh will be assembled by Amitabh Chaudhary.