No contests in BCCI elections

The BCCI elections will be a straightforward affair with none of the positions receiving more than one nomination. Sanjay Jagdale, the current joint-secretary of the board, has been nominated to take over from N Srinivasan as the board's honorary secretary, according to a statement from the BCCI. Other nominees include Anurag Thakur for the post of joint-secretary and Ajay Shirke for treasurer.

Three of the five zonal vice-presidents were re-nominated for the posts. Arun Jaitley will remain North Zone's representative while Shivlal Yadav and Niranjan Shah will continue to represent the South and West Zones respectively. Chitrak Mitra, an official of the Cricket Association of Bengal, will replace incumbent Arindam Ganguly while Sudhir Dahir, the former president of the Vidharba Cricket Association, will take over from Rajiv Shukla as the Central Zone vice-president. Dahir's nomination is further indication that Shukla will be unveiled as the new IPL chairman at the BCCI's annual general meeting on Monday. All those nominated will serve for a period of three years.

In addition to the election of office-bearers, the board will make appointments to all its various sub-committees, including the selection committee, for the year 2011-12. Kris Srikkanth, the chairman of the selection committee, is likely to have his term extended for a fourth and final year but Yashpal Sharma's term is over and Mohinder Amarnath, who is currently one of two former cricketers on the IPL committee, could be his replacement from the North Zone. Other matters on the agenda include the appointment of a full-time administrative manager for the national team and the board's representative or representatives to ICC meetings.

Ranjib Biswal was thought to be the frontrunner for the post of secretary, but he did not enjoy the unanimous support of the East Zone associations, and that is believed to have cost him the nomination. Biswal has also not held a board position and an association source suggested to ESPNcricinfo that Jagdale's greater experience was a point in his favour.

Prior to becoming joint-secretary, Jagdale had served on the national selection committee from 2000 to 2006. Those he spotted while part of the junior selection committee in the 1990s include VVS Laxman, Murali Kartik and Naman Ojha. He was also former India legspinner Narendra Hirwani's mentor. Jagdale managed India during the 2007 World Cup as well.

Thakur, the president of Himachal Pradesh, has turned the first-class ground in Dharamsala into the country's most scenic cricket venue. Shirke is the president of the Maharashtra Cricket Association and served on the IPL governing council this past year.