NEW DELHI: Rajat Sharma, president of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA), is reportedly in the running to head the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and has an influential Union minister in the Narendra Modi government supporting him, Telegraph India reports.
According to the daily, the Union minister backing Sharma, founder promoter of the pro-government news channel India TV, is expected to play an important role in BCCI politics and take over the position enjoyed by Arun Jaitley, the former DDCA president who passed away last month.
Telegraph India notes that the late Jaitley, who wielded enormous clout in the running of the BCCI’s affairs, had also handpicked Sharma for the DDCA post.
The BCCI elections are scheduled for October 22.
