Manohar replaces Srinivasan as ICC chairman

BCCI president Shashank Manohar is set to replace N Srinivasan to serve the remainder of the latter's term as ICC chairman

Nagraj Gollapudi and Arun Venugopal

09-Nov-2015

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Key takeaways from the BCCI annual general meeting

BCCI president Shashank Manohar is set to replace N Srinivasan for the remainder of the latter's term as ICC chairman. Manohar will occupy the position till end of June next year. The BCCI also appointed former ICC president Sharad Pawar as the second nominee to attend ICC meetings in case Manohar was unavailable.

At its 86th annual general meeting, held at its headquarters in Mumbai, the BCCI also made two changes to the national selection panel. Former India wicketkeeper MSK Prasad replaced Roger Binny as South Zone member and Gagan Khoda came in for Rajinder Singh Hans from the Central Zone. Former India pacer and bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad was appointed chairman of the junior selection panel.

Some other decisions taken at the AGM were:

The meeting accepted the conflict of interest reforms "in principle" but there will be discussions on all the suggestions made and doubts raised will be clarified and undertaken over the next few months. It appointed AP Shah, a retired chief justice of the Delhi High Court, as its first Ombudsman.

The board confirmed Test status for Pune, Ranchi, Indore, Rajkot, Visakhapatnam and Dharamsala.

Sourav Ganguly replaced Anil Kumble as head of the BCCI's technical committee.

PS Raman, a member of the governance review committee, has been appointed chairman of the legal committee

The DDCA was given a deadline of November 17 to keep the Ferozshah Kotla ready to host the fourth Test between India and South Africa starting December 3. If the DDCA misses the deadline, Pune will host the match.

Rajeev Shukla, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ajay Shirke, MP Pandove and Sourav Ganguly form the modified IPL governing council which has been cut down from 23 to five as of now. Manohar said there would be "further deliberations" about the possibility of the induction of three independent members into the governing council, a suggestion he had made to the board.

The India women's team was awarded contracts for the first time in two grades - of Rs 15 lakhs and Rs 10 lakhs.

Narayanaswami Srinivasan Shashank Manohar India