Former Test captain and all rounder Ravi Shastri was
today appointed new chairman of Bangalore-based National Cricket Academy
at the Cricket Board's 78th AGM here after he agreed in principle to do the
job.
However, the player-turned-TV commentator has sought "a day or two"
to get back to BCCI and commit himself to the high-profile post after looking
into his commitments, BCCI Treasurer N Srinivasan said at a media conference after
the meeting.
"Shastri has agreed in principle to take over as NCA chairman
but has said he would get back to the Board after seeing into his commitments,"
said Srinivasan.
Srinivasan also formally announced that the AGM elected Vidarbha's
Shashank Manohar as President-elect to take over as its 29th president at next
September's AGM.
BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah, however, said no interim
president had been decided upon to take over from incumbent Sharad Pawar,
who chaired today's meeting, when he quits office in June next year to move
over to the International Cricket Counil as its president next June.
Shah's statement refuted reports in the media that Baroda Cricket Association's
Chirayu Amin would be the interim president of the BCCI from the time Pawar
quits and Manohar assumes its reins.
Various committees were appointed at the AGM, including the all-powerful working
committee but barring the senior and junior selection committees which continue
from last year with Dilip Vengsarkar and Sanjeev Sharma heading them.
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