The first focus of the BCCI’s 93rd Annual Basic Assembly, to be held right here on Sunday, can be to elect two representatives of India to the ICC conferences, as discovering a successor to incumbent secretary Jay Shah just isn’t on agenda. The assembly assumes significance as a result of the Worldwide Cricket Council has scheduled a conclave in Dubai on the finish of the upcoming Ladies’s T20 World Cup within the UAE.
The ultimate of the marquee occasion is slated for October 20 in Dubai, and Shah will nonetheless be within the chair of the BCCI secretary on that date, as he’ll take over as ICC chairman from December 1.
After the tenure of Sourav Ganguly as BCCI president, often Shah represented India within the ICC parleys and the final such occasion was in Colombo earlier this July.
The present board president Roger Binny is the Alternate Director who can signify BCCI on the world physique’s conferences, however he seldom performs that obligation.
With a yr left in his tenure, it’s but to be seen whether or not Binny will proceed because the Alternate Director or another person is nominated on the AGM for the position.
Whereas the number of the secretary just isn’t listed, the members, who’ve assembled right here additionally for the inauguration of the brand new Nationwide Cricket Academy advanced close to the worldwide airport on Saturday, are sure to debate amongst themselves the attainable candidate to succeed Shah.
As issues stand now, two names have been doing rounds for the submit – Anil Patel, the secretary of Gujarat Cricket Affiliation and Rohan Jaitley, son of late Arun Jaitley and the president of the Delhi and District Cricket Affiliation.
However it has been discovered that Patel is the present frontrunner for the submit which can be formally ratified on the Particular Basic Assembly (SGM), and the date of which too is anticipated to be revealed after the AGM.
Apart from that, the AGM will even ratify the induction of a consultant from the Indian Cricketer’s Affiliation (ICA) and two from the Basic Physique, appointment of sub-committees such because the Cricket Committee, moreover approving the annual finances for the 2024-25 season.
The AGM will even ponder over the report submitted by the board’s inside committee fashioned beneath the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Coverage.
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