Former Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) secretary Unmesh Khanvilkar will be in charge of the secretary’s office for the next three years. Khanvilkar beat former joint secretary Shahalam Shaikh by 98 votes during the MCA elections at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.  

Khanvilkar, who was MCA’s secretary from 2015 to 2019, secured 227 votes out of the 362 who turned up for the election, while Shahalam got 129 votes. MLA Jitendra Awhad (201 votes) beat Navin Shetty (155) by 46 votes for the vice-president’s post. Nilesh Bhosle (228) emerged victorious in the joint secretary’s election, beating Gaurav Payyade (128) by 100 votes.