Anurag Thakur was unanimously elected as the youngest BCCI President and taking charge as the Most profile position in Indian Cricket Administration
Previous President: ShashankManohar
Current President: Anurag Thakur
Replacement in respect of President was chosen by Senior BCCI Vice president KC Khanna headed the Special General Meeting
Selection of Current President
- Anurag served as the Secretary of the Board, resigned and got approval from Six East Zone Units
- Unanimously selected as the 34th President of the Cricket Board
- Six east units – Cricket Association of Bengal, Assam CA, Tripura CA, NCC and Jharkhand SCA – had signed his nomination papers
- East Zone’s turn to nominate the name of the presidential Candidate even though the rules required only one unit to nominate
- Anurag has privileged to take up the position and Maharashtra Cricket Association Chief Ajay Shirkewill take up the Secretary position
About Thakur
- Thakur is thefirst-class cricketer to turn BCCI president after Raj Singh Dungarpurin 1998-99
- He has represented HP in Ranji Trophy game as a right-hand batsman and off break bowler in 2010-11 Season
- Third person supported by East Zone to be elected to the post during the 2014-1017 period
JagmohanDalmiya, who was the harmony candidate after Srinivasan’s exit, died in office last year and Manohar took over in October, 2015
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