KOLKATA: Former BCCI president late Jagmohan Dalmiya’s son Avishek on Wednesday became the youngest president of Cricket Association Bengal at the age of 38 after being elected unopposed, PTI reports.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s elder brother Snehasish Ganguly, a former Bengal left-hander, is the new joint secretary, a post that has been vacated by Dalmiya junior before his elevation. The CAB president’s post was lying vacant after former India captain Sourav Ganguly took over the reins of BCCI. However Avishek will go for a cooling-off period from November 6, 2021 as per the Lodha recommended Constitution giving him a tenure of about 22 months.
Avishek thus became the 18th president of CAB with his father holding the office for two terms.
For the frecord, Dalmiya had two terms in office – from 1992-93 to 2006 and then from 2008-09 till his demise on September 20, 2015.
