Ganguly, Azharuddin elected presidents of their respective state associations

Ganguly, Azharuddin elected presidents of their respective state associations









Ganguly was elected uncontested two days before CAB's 85th annual general meeting in Kolkata.

Sourav Ganguly was re-elected as the President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) whereas Mohammad Azharuddin was elected as the President of Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) on Friday. The state association elections, conducted after their constitution was amended to incorporate the Lodha recommendations, are a lead-up to the BCCI general elections, to be held under the purview of the Committee of Administrators (CoA) and slated for October 23.

Ganguly was elected uncontested two days before CAB's 85th annual general meeting in Kolkata. This will be his second term, his first coming when he took over after Jagmohan Dalmiya's death in 2015, before which he was the joint-secretary (from 2014). Keeping in line with a three-year cooling off period after six successive years in office, Ganguly can be the CAB President only until July 2020.

Avishek Dalmiya, the son of Jagmohan Dalmiya, was elected secretary.

Azharuddin's nomination, on the other hand, was proposed by Adnan Mahmood and seconded by Zeeshan Adnan Mahmood last week, and the former India captain went on to win the HCA elections, beating his opponent Prakash Chand Jain by a margin of 147-73. The victory marks Azharuddin's foray into cricket administration.