Roger Binny to replace Ganguly as BCCI president, Jay Shah to remain secretary

Indias 1983 World Cup winning hero Roger Binny is set to become the new BCCI President as incumbent Sourav Ganguly who held the position for three years will make way for him at the Boards AGM on October 18After hectic parleys and backchannel discussions in the past one week it was decided that the 67yearold Bangalore man would be the 36th Board presidentJay Shah son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah will continue as BCCI Secretary for his second consecutive term Shah will also replace Ganguly as Indias representative at the all powerful ICC BoardThe only Congressman in the BCCI cabinet is Rajeev Shukla who will continue as vice president Sports minister Anurag Thakurs younger brother Arun Singh Dhumal will now become IPL chairman He will replace Brijesh PatelInfluential Maharashtra BJP leader Ashish Shelar will be the new treasurer which means that he wont become Mumbai Cricket Association MCA president He was supposed to take up the role with support from Sharad Pawar factionAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmas close aide Devajit Saikia will replace Jayesh George as the new joint secretaryWhether BCCI will contest for the ICC chairmanship hasnt been decided as yet An influential minister in the central government played a key role in deciding the positions in the Board set up a BCCI source told PTIAlso Read Bigger boundaries in Australia gives bowlers license to attack AshwinBinny will officially take charge of BCCI on October 18 at the AGM in Mumbai There wont be any election to any post as all candidates will be chosen unopposedThe medium pacer was one of the architects of Indias historic World Cup triumph in 1983 In eight games he took 18 wickets the highest in that edition of prestigious tournamentGanguly refused IPL chairmanshipGanguly who reached Mumbai on Monday evening had a lot of meetings with the powers that be in New Delhi Ganguly was keen to continue as BCCI President but he was told that there is no precedence of giving a second term to the Board presidentSourav was offered IPL chairmanship but he politely declined the offer His logic was that he cannot accept becoming head of a subcommittee in BCCI after heading the same institution the BCCI source saidBinny is a rather surprise choice to head the BCCIHowever hints were dropped that he will get some position when Karnataka State Cricket Association KSCA named him as its representative at BCCI AGM instead of secretary Santosh MenonRoger is one of the finest human beings and a thorough gentleman who has graced the field for India Plus he is also a World Cup hero and has a squeaky clean image He resigned from selection committee as his son Stuart back then was in India contention the BCCI source addedIn case of Dhumal the decision makers waited for Ganguly to take a call on IPL chairmanship and once he refused they promoted the Himachal man who has been known to be one of the most efficient men in last BCCI cabinetWith Ganguly moving out of the picture the East representation was always going to be Assam CM Biswa Sarmas call as he played a key role even last timeThe names of members in the BCCI Apex Council and IPL Governing Council will be known when the final list will be published in a few daysThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever