Question: Recently who has been nominated as the new President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI?
(a) Sourav Ganguly
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Rahul Dravid
(d) VVS Laxman
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been unanimously nominated as the new President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI.
- At an informal meeting in Mumbai all the affiliated units of the BCCI finalized the names of the new office-bearers.
- A consensus between the state units of BCCI was built for former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President Sourav Ganguly as the front runner for the post of BCCI president.
- 47-year-old Ganguly was the chairman of the BCCI technical committee and has been a media personality for many years.
- Besides Ganguly, BCCI members have also unanimously selected Jay Shah as Secretary and Arun Dhumal as Treasurer.
- Jay Shah is the son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah while Dhumal is the younger brother of MoS Finance and former BCCI president Anurag Thakur.
- All these candidates are expected to be elected unopposed at the Board’s Annual General Meeting to be held on 23-10-2019.
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