Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will represent Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), while his erstwhile colleague Harbhajan Singh has been nominated by the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Annual General Meeting on September 28.
According to the Draft Electoral Roll issued by BCCI electoral officer A.K. Joti, former cricketer Raghuram Bhatt will represent Karnataka Cricket Association, while Jaydev Shah and Mithun Manhas will represent Saurashtra Cricket Association and Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association respectively.
During the meeting at the BCCI headquarters, the elections will be conducted, and it remains to be seen if as per recent precedent, a former player becomes president again. Ganguly was the president of the Board from 2019-22, while Roger Binny continued from 2022 to July this year, when he turned 70.
There is a buzz that former India international and erstwhile selector Kiran More could be considered for the role of the BCCI president this time around. However, it remains to be seen if by virtue of having attended past BCCI AGMs, he is eligible.
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Sources indicate that Harbhajan, who will attend his first BCCI AGM, could be considered for one of the office bearer’s posts or for a place in the IPL Governing Council.
Incumbent secretary Devajit Saikia and IPL chairman Arun Dhumal will be representing Assam Cricket Association and Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association respectively. Similarly, BCCI treasurer Prabhtej Singh Bhatia will represent the Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh while the board’s joint secretary Rohan Gauns Dessai will be the nominee for the Goa state body.
BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla will represent the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association while Sanjay Naik and Rohan Jaitley were named by the Mumbai Cricket Association and Delhi and District Cricket Association as their respective representatives.
As per the election schedule, the state associations had a deadline of 8:00pm Friday, September 12, to name their representatives following which the BCCI released the draft electoral roll on Saturday evening.
Submission of objections, if any, against the names in the draft electoral roll can be made on September 14 and 15 between 11am and 3pm. After examination of any possible objections and decisions, the release of the final electoral roll will be done on September 19.
Even though the election is scheduled to be held for all key posts in the board, it is effectively only for one position as the others are expected to continue in their roles. Saikia and Bhatia were elected as the secretary and the treasurer in January this year, while Dessai took over as the joint secretary in March.
Published on Sep 13, 2025
