Dubai: Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar will expectedly serve a second term as the independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) after he was elected unopposed by the governing body’s board here Tuesday.
Manohar, who became the first independent ICC chairman in 2016, will continue for a second two-year term till 2020.
According to the election process, ICC directors were each allowed to nominate one candidate, who had to be either a present or a past ICC director. Nominees with the support of two or more directors would have been eligible to contest an election.
However, given that Manohar was the sole nominee for the position, the independent audit committee chairman, Edward Quinlan, who has been overseeing the election process, declared it complete, and Manohar the successful candidate.
That Manohar will get a second term was clear during last month’s quarterly meet of ICC in Kolkata as there wasn’t any opposition to his candidature.
During the last two years, Manohar has led significant reform of the sport, reversing the resolutions of 2014, introducing a revised governance structure, including the appointment of the ICC’s first independent female director.
“It is an honour to be re-elected as the chairman of the International Cricket Council and I would like to thank my fellow ICC Directors for their continued support. Together we have made big strides over the last two years, fulfilling promises I made to the sport when I was appointed in 2016,” said Manohar.
ICC, BCCI officials to meet Thursday
New Delhi: The ICC working group will be meeting the senior BCCI officials here n Thursday to discuss some of the prevailing issues in world cricket including the future of Tests. The working group in ICC formulates policies and then takes feedback of its stakeholders (member nations, sponsors). BCCI acting president CK Khanna, acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary, treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry and CEO Rahul Johri are expected to be briefed about the ICC working group’s progress in the meeting. “Test cricket is the ultimate format and I am sure all the stakeholders will be working a way out to sustain the level of interest. I expect that suggestions given by the BCCI will be taken seriously,” Khanna said Tuesday
