New Delhi: The sudden demise of veteran administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya has turned the BCCI into a divided house with the East Zone units deciding to prop up their own candidate, giving a new twist to the intense succession battle.

The East Zone units, in all likelihood, are going to field joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary of Jharkhand as their candidate for the post of BCCI president. While Sharad Pawar and Rajeev Shukla's names are doing rounds but both the seasoned politicians might not find it easy to get a proposer and seconder from the Eastern zone where there are as many as six votes comprising of Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Odisha, Tripura and National Cricket Club (NCC).