BJP MP Anurag Thakur elected youngest ever president of BCCI

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Anurag Thakur was unanimously elected as the youngest ever president of the body at a special general meeting on Sunday after Shashank Manohar stepped down from the post to take up the International Cricket Council chairman’s job.
The 41-year-old, who is also a BJP Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, has got the backing of all the east zone members including Assam, Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and the National Cricket Club. The BCCI said in a statement that Thakur, 41, was the “only” nomination.
The top post at the cash-rich BCCI is regarded by many as the most powerful in global cricket. The board benefits from huge TV deals that allow it to effectively run the ICC with its allies, Australia and England.
Manohar resigned from the BCCI top post on May 10 after a seven-month tenure and was then elected unopposed as the ICC chairman on May 12. A farewell dinner has been organised by the BCCI for the departing Manohar on Monday.
Manohar took over the post after the sudden death of the then BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya.
Thakur has taken over the reins from Manohar at a time when the cricket board is facing tough times following the Supreme Court’s order to implement the Justice RM Lodha committee’s recommendations.
 
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