 Sharad Pawar elected BCCI president
 Kolkata, Nov 29: Union Minister and Maharashtra Cricket Association chief Sharad Pawar was elected president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at the 76th AGM of the cash-rich sports body here today. Pawar pipped incumbent and Jagmohan Dalmiya-backed Ranbir Singh Mahendra by a 20-11 margin.
In a complete washout for the Dalmiya group, the Pawar faction won all the other top posts by an identical 18-13 margin. Niranjan Shah defeated Gautam Dasgupta for secretary's post, M P Pandov became the new joint secretary humbling Brijesh Patel and N Srinivasan was elected as the new treasurer after his victory against Jyoti
Bajpai.
 Emerging from the AGM, a beaming Pawar said, "As I said yesterday, we were quite confident of victory and the entire election procedure." "The Supreme Court had appointed T S Krishnamurthy who has the experience of conducting elections in the country to conduct the BCCI elections. Under his leadership, the process of election was completed," he said.
"I'm grateful to all those who supported me and my entire team... I also expect full cooperation from Mahendra, the outgoing president. "We will concentrate on building basic infrastructure for cricket throughout India. I'm sure our collective efforts will be able to give justice to young, budding players and cricket loving people of the country," Pawar said.
The elections, conducted by Supreme Court-appointed observer T S Krishnamurthy, passed off smoothly with the former Chief Election Commissioner having clearly spelt out the guidelines in advance. (Agencies)
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