Rajeev Shukla set to take over as BCCI interim president in July

Congress Rajya Sabha MP and veteran cricket administrator Rajeev Shukla is about to take cost because the interim president of the BCCI (Board of Management for Cricket in India) subsequent month. He’ll take over from former World Cup winner Roger Binny, the present incumbent, who must vacate the put up owing to an age-cap rule.

Binny will flip 70 on 19 July, when the BCCI age-limit clause comes into drive for him. Shukla, at present the vice-president of BCCI, will step in to officiate till a brand new president is elected in September. The BCCI guidelines state that ‘the vice-president shall officiate within the president’s absence when the president is unavailable,’ thus paving the way in which for Shukla to take over because the interim president.

“The vice-president shall additionally train such capabilities and duties as he could also be empowered by the Basic Physique of the Apex Council,” the BCCI guidelines learn. Knowledgeable sources within the BCCI really feel that Shukla, who has been a troubleshooter for the board on a number of events, could also be an appropriate candidate for all camps ought to he be eager, nevertheless it’s ‘nonetheless early days’ to foretell a fulltime successor of Binny.