Devajit Saikia takes over as the new BCCI Secretary, replacing Jay Shah

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Devajit Saikia Elected New BCCI Secretary, Replaces Jay Shah

Devajit Saikia and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia were on Sunday elected secretary and treasurer, respectively, unopposed at the BCCI Special General Meeting in Mumbai.

They both were elected unopposed after being the only ones to file nomination for the posts vacated by Jay Shah and Ashish Shelar.

Shah had to leave the secretary’s post after becoming the ICC chairman last month while Shelar resigned after taking oath as a cabinet minister in the Maharashtra government.

Saikia hails from Assam and Bhatia from Chhattisgarh. Saikia was performing the additional duties of secretary after Shah took over as ICC chairman on December 1. He was the joint secretary and now that post lies vacant.

“The Two (02) Elective Posts of the Office Bearers – Secretary and Treasurer

were Uncontested, and it was not necessary to conduct a Poll in respect of these Two (02) Posts," stated electoral officer A K Joti in his declaration of results.

Shah, who was felicitated by the BCCI on Saturday night, was also feted at the SGM.

Speaking to reporters after the SGM, BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla said apart from the election nothing was tabled in the meeting.

“There was single point agenda (for the election of treasurer and secretary post). So nothing else was discussed at the SGM," Shukla.

Following the SGM, Shukla was also part of Women’s Premier League Committee meeting.

“The WPL venues have been almost finalised. They will be declared soon," said the BCCI vice-president.

Shukla added that the selection meeting for the Champions Trophy will be held on January 18 or 19.

The selectors had announced the squad for the five-match series against England on Saturday but did not name the squad for the following three ODIs against England as well as the Champions Trophy beginning February 19.

India play their Champions Trophy opener against Bangladesh on February 20. Under the hybrid model, India will all play their games in Dubai while the other league games will be played in host country Pakistan.

 
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Don’t know the guy. Just googled and discovered that he is an advocate, a former first class cricketer and a cricket administrator. That is a good CV.
 
Don’t know the guy. Just googled and discovered that he is an advocate, a former first class cricketer and a cricket administrator. That is a good CV.
I'm also surprised.i don't know him earlier and i thought he is a BJP politician so gets a favour.

He is purely selected based on his experience as an administrator.
 
Wow the guy is masters in economics, advocate general of the state , wk and Middle order batsman, played alongside sourav, captian of Indian team for " lawyers world cup" 🤣. One hell of a talent.
 
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Former Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Mishra has been appointed as Ombudsman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Mishra will also function as the BCCI Ethics Officer.

He served in the apex court from July 7, 2014, to September 2, 2020 before being appointed as the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on June 2, 2021, a position he held until June 1, 2024.

Mishra, born on September 3, 1955 in Gwalior in a family of lawyers, had decided around 97,000 cases as a judge of high courts of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Calcutta.

He was appointed as a judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on October 25, 1999 and was later appointed as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on November 26, 2010.

He was later appointed as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on December 14, 2012.

A legal luminary, Mishra has also contributed immensely to betterment of legal education in the country.

 
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