BCCI state units to meet on Oct 13 to decide on office-bearers
The HinduAll the affiliated units of the BCCI on Sunday, will finalise the names of their new office-bearers in an “informal meeting” in Mumbai which is also likely to be attended by former administrators. It is learnt that former BCCI president and current Minister of State for finance, Anurag Thakur’s suggestions on deciding the names of the office-bearers will be taken up by the board members. READ: Justice Lodha talks BCCI elections amid 'tinkered' reforms Sunday is the preferred date for the meeting as Monday, October 14, is the last date for filing nominations for the office-bearers’ post. Some of the key faces for various posts will be Gujarat’s Jay Shah, former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal President Sourav Ganguly, former Test player and Karnataka nominee Brijesh Patel. While the NE units would love to rally around Ganguly, they are not sure they can do that since the former skipper hasn’t officially announced his candidature for the BCCI President’s post despite swirling speculation.