Anurag Thakur elected unopposed as president of BCCI

Anurag Thakur has been elected unopposed as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Thakur, 41, takes over after Shashank Manohar stepped down from his post earlier this month in order to take charge as an independent chairman at the International Cricket Council.

Thakur becomes the third president of the BCCI within the space of a year, as Manohar's rise to the post had come following the death of his predecessor Jagmohan Dalmiya in September 2015.

In Thakur's previous role as BCCI secretary, he became arguably the most public face of the national governing body and sought to improve the image of a board reeling from various scandals including those around spot-fixing in the cash-rich Indian Premier League.