NEW DEHLI: Jagmohan Dalmiya has been elected head of Indian cricket’s governing body, replacing Narayanaswami Srinivasan following a corruption scandal, India’s NDTV reported.
Dalmiya, a former head of the International Cricket Council, emerged as the front-runner amid backroom negotiations for votes at elections on Monday for the BCCI. Dalmiya, 74, was the “consensus candidate” among rival factions for BCCI president, a position he held a decade ago.
The Supreme Court barred Srinivasan from standing as a candidate for BCCI chief, although he can cast his vote, following its probe into a betting and fixing scandal surrounding the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The court in January found Srinivasan guilty of a conflict of interest for having commercial dealings in the sport by owning an IPL franchise while he was also BCCI head.
Srinivasan is the current International Cricket Council (ICC) chief. Dalmiya served as ICC president for three years from 1997 to 2000.
Dalmiya was ousted by rivals as BCCI chief in 2005 after a more than decade-long reign over the powerful and faction-ridden board.
The 74-year-old, who hails from Kolkata, is credited with helping to turn the game into a lucrative global sport. He twice brought the World Cup to the Indian sub-continent, in 1987 and 1996
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