Srini, Shah by his side, Ganguly files papers

Mumbai, October 14

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah filed their nominations papers for the post of president and secretary, respectively, ahead of the BCCI elections on October 23 where all office-bearers are expected to be elected unopposed.

Flanked by former BCCI president N Srinivasan, former secretary and Saurashtra stalwart Niranjan Shah and Uttar Pradesh strongman Rajiv Shukla, Ganguly entered the BCCI headquarters to submit his nomination papers to the electoral officer.

Later, Shukla informed reporters that eight nominations were filed. Apart from Ganguly and Shah, those who filed their nominations included Mahim Verma (vice-president), Arun Singh Dhumal (treasurer), Brijesh Patel (IPL GC Member), Jayesh George (joint-secretary), Khairul Jamil Majumdar (governing council member) and Prabhjot Singh Bhatia (councillor).

All the candidates are expected to be elected unopposed at the board’s Annual General Meeting on October 23. Ganguly and George will have to demit office as the chiefs of Cricket Association of Bengal and Kerala Cricket Association, respectively, after they take charge at BCCI.

Hands nomination papers to legal team 

Ganguly and his team were in for a shock when they entered the BCCI headquarters to file the nominations for the various posts of office-bearers as Electoral Officer N Gopalaswami was absent. He was not in the office till 3pm, forcing the team to hand over the nomination papers to the legal team of BCCI. 

One of the newly-picked office-bearers confirmed the same and said that even the board executives were unaware of the reason behind the delay. — Agencies