Ex-ICC chief Jagmohan Dalmiya elected president of Indian cricket board
Tuesday 3 March 2015 09:57, UK
Former Internatonal Cricket Council chief Jagmohan Dalmiya has been elected as the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Dalmiya was the only candidate in the running for the top job in Indian cricket after current ICC boss Narainswamy Srinivasan was barred from seeking re-election.
The 74-year-old, who was ICC president from 1997-2000 and BCCI president from 2001-2004, was elected during an annual general meeting in Chennai.
Dalmiya is credited with spearheading the expansion of the BCCI's financial muscle in the 1980s and 90s by negotiating mega television deals.
But he was ousted from his role a decade ago following allegations of misappropriation of funds.
Srinivasan had been forced to stand down as BCCI president after the Supreme Court found him guilty of a conflict of interest over his ownership of Indian Premier League side Chennai Super Kings.
Another former BCCI president, Sharad Pawar, was angling for a return but failed to persuade any regional association to put him forward as a candidate.
