The Asian Age

Manohar is re- elected

Will serve his 2nd term as chairman of ICC

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Dubai, May 15: Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar will expectedly serve a second term as the independen­t chairman of the Internatio­nal Cricket Council after he was elected unopposed by the governing body’s Board.

Manohar, who became the first independen­t ICC cairman in 2016, will continue for a second twoyear term following his unopposed election.

According to the election process, ICC Directors were each allowed to nominate one candidate, who had to be either a present or a past ICC director.

Nominees with the support of two or more Directors would have been eligible to contest an election.

However, given that Manohar was the sole nominee for the position, the independen­t Audit Committee Chairman, Edward Quinlan, who has been overseeing the election process, declared the process complete, and Manohar the successful candidate.

That Manohar will get a second term was clear during last month’s quarterly meet of ICC in Kolkata as there wasn’t any opposition to his candidatur­e.

During the last two years, Manohar has led significan­t reform of the sport, reversing the resolution­s of 2014, introducin­g a revised governance structure, including the appointmen­t of the ICC’’ s first independen­t female Director.

“It is an honour to be reelected as the Chairman of the Internatio­nal Cricket Council,” said Manohar. — PTI

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