Roger Binny set to replace Sourav Ganguly as BCCI President; Here's full election panel list

Mumbai, October 7: Former India cricketer and member of the 1983 World Cup winning team Roger Binny is set to be the next BCCI President replacing Sourav Ganguly.

Binny, who has filed his nomination for the BCCI top post, has previously served as a member of the BCCI selection committee.

The former India pacer Binny is the frontrunner to replace Ganguly as the BCCI president and Jay Shah is expected to continue as the BCCI secretary. Rajiv Shukla is set to be the BCCI vice-president.

Ashish Shelar will replace Arun Dhumal as BCCI treasurer, while Dhumal will repalce Brijesh Patel as the IPL chairman. Devajit Saikia is set to be joint secretary.

Binny's name appeared on the BCCI's Draft Electoral Rolls (which is put up on the BCCI website) for the October 18 elections and the Annual General Meeting (AGM) as a representative of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) instead of KSCA secretary Santosh Menon.

Binny, who has filed nominations for the BCCI top post, as of now he does not have any notable opponents and a good part of the BCCI officials too want a former cricketer to replace Ganguly.

The scurtiny of the nominations will be held on October 13 and the candidates have time till that day to withdraw their applications. But for now, the BCCI posts are quite set even ahead of the polls.

As per sources, Sourav Ganguly is likely going to become India's representative for the International Cricket Council Chairman's post, but the final round talks in this regard is taking place and Ganguly has arrived in Mumbai for the same.

The nominations can be filled on October 11 and 12, the scrutiny of the nominations will take place on October 13 and the candidates can withdraw their nominations latest by October 14.

The elections will be held in Mumbai on October 18.

BCCI Electoral Rolls:

1. Andhra Cricket Association: P. Sarath Chandra Reddy

2. Arunachal Cricket Association: Nabam Vivek

3. Assam Cricket Association: Devajit Saikia

4. Baroda Cricket Association: Pranav Amin

5. Bihar Cricket Association: Rakesh Kumar Tiwary

6. Chhattisgarh State Cricket: Sangh Prabhtej Singh Bhatia

7. Cricket Association of Mizoram: M Khairul Jamal Majumdar

8. Cricket Association of Pondicherry: P Damodaran

9. Cricket Association of Uttarakhand: Mahim Verma

10. Delhi & District Cricket Association: Rohan Jaitley