Ajinkya Naik on Monday retained his place because the President of the Mumbai Cricket Affiliation (MCA) after seven different candidates within the fray withdrew their nominations.
The MCA elections for different posts within the Apex Council and workplace bearers might be held on Wednesday.
At this time was the final day to withdraw nominations.
Naik had filed his nomination although he was to serve a compulsory cool-off interval of three years having accomplished six consecutive years within the MCA Apex Council as per the reforms launched by the Supreme Court docket-appointed Lodha Committee for BCCI and its member associations.
Among the many candidates who withdrew had been BJP MLC Prasad Lad, Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Milind Narvekar, and Nationalist Congress Occasion MLA Jitendra Awhad.
Each Awhad and Narvekar had been the members of the outgoing apex council of the MCA and have filed nominations for different posts as properly.
The opposite candidates who withdrew had been former India girls’s captain Diana Edulji, outgoing president of the T20 Mumbai League Vihang Sarnaik, Suraj Samat, and Shahalam Shaikh, a former joint secretary.
Final yr, Naik had change into the youngest-ever president of the MCA on the age of 37 after beating Sanjay Naik by 107 votes.
As per the listing launched by the electoral officer on Monday, Awhad will contest towards Navin Shetty for the submit of vice-president and Unmesh Khanvilkar will stand towards Shahalam Shaikh for the place of MCA secretary.
Nilesh Bhosale might be up towards Gaurav Payyade for the submit of joint secretary whereas Arman Mallick, who was the treasurer within the former committee, will battle for the same function within the election towards Surendra Shewale.
Rajdip Gupta has been appointed because the governing council chairman in T20 Mumbai League, during which he’s additionally the proprietor of the North Mumbai Panthers staff.
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