{"id":454994,"date":"2025-01-13T09:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T04:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=454994"},"modified":"2025-01-13T09:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T04:06:15","slug":"indias-cricket-board-elects-devajit-saikia-as-bcci-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/indias-cricket-board-elects-devajit-saikia-as-bcci-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s cricket board elects Devajit Saikia as BCCI chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Mumbai<br \/>\nIndia\u2019s powerful and hugely wealthy Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday elected its new chief, former player and advocate Devajit Saikia, the only person nominated to the top post.<br \/>\n\u201cDevajit Saikia is declared duly elected as the Secretary of BCCI\u201d, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said in a statement.<br \/>\nSaikia, 55, succeeds Jay Shah who left the position to become chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the global governing body.<br \/>\nBusinessman and state cricket administrator Prabhtej Singh Bhatia has been appointed BCCI treasurer, the board added.<br \/>\nShah\u2019s departure last month to become chairman of the ICC prompted the appointment of Saikia, who was already on the BCCI board as interim secretary.<br \/>\nAn unknown among fans after a modest playing career, Saikia has close ties with India\u2019s ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).<br \/>\nSaikia began in administration by serving as general secretary of a cricket club in the northeastern state of Assam under the leadership of Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sarma is now Assam\u2019s chief minister for the BJP, which has governed India nationally since 2014 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<br \/>\nSaikia and Sarma both later served in the Assam state cricket association. 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