Indian Cricket Board President, Sharad Pawar, has received support from
the other three Asian Test playing countries to succeed South Africa's Percy Sonn
as the chief of the International Cricket Council.
"Yes, it has been decided that Mr. Pawar will be the candidate
to take over as the new ICC president once Percy Sonn's two-year term is over.
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are in favour of Mr. Pawar
and we hope to elicit the support of the West Indies too," BCCI Secretary
Niranjan Shah said from Rajkot.
"We have to move fast as the nomination needs to be sent
to the ICC by January 1, 2007 and A. C. Muthiah (former BCCI chief) is the head
of the ICC's nomination committee," informed Shah, adding the issue would
be discussed at the board's working committee meeting here on Saturday.
Voting on the nominations will be held at the ICC's annual
meeting in London in July, 2007.
The move to nominate the Union Agriculture Minister to the
top administrative post of the ICC was taken when he hosted a dinner for the
representatives of the four World Cup co-hosts at his residence in Delhi on
December 11 to finalise plans for the mega event.
According to sources, the support from ICC's associate members
would also be crucial for Pawar.
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