Devajit Saikia to replace Jay Shah as BCCI secretary

Devajit Saikia and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia are set to be elected BCCI secretary and treasurer, respectively, unopposed on January 12 after being the only two names featuring in the final list of contesting candidates.

The list of contesting candidates was prepared by BCCI electoral officer and former CEC of India, Achal Kumar Joti, on Tuesday.

The window to file the nominations ended last week while deadline to withdraw nominations ended at 2pm

IST on Tuesday. Since there were no withdrawals, the electoral officer published the list of contesting candidates at 5pm on Tuesday.

The election will be held on the sidelines of the SGM on January 12 and the result, which is now a formality, will be announced on the same day.

Saikia has been working as the interim secretary of the BCCI since Jay Shah took over as the ICC chairman on December 1.

Bhatia filed the nomination for the treasurer's post after the post was left vacant by Ashish Shelar, who recently took oath as a cabinet minister in the Maharashtra government.