Published: Jun 02, 2025, 01:37 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 02, 2025, 01:37 PM (IST)
On Monday, June 2nd, PTI sources have revealed that Veteran cricket administrator Rajeev Shukla is going to replace Roger Binny as the interim president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). This decision has come as Roger is going to turn 70 next month.
Roger Binny, who had replaced Sourav Ganguly as the Board president in 2022, is now going to turn 70 on July 19. This implies that he crosses the age threshold for someone who bears the BCCI’s office.
Rajeev Shukla is 65 year-old as of now, and is serving as the vice-president of the BCCI. He has been in this post since 2020. Shukla is going to be active as the BCCI chief until fresh elections are held during the cricketing body’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in September.
“As per convention, the senior most office-bearer takes charge in a such a scenario. He (Rajeev Shukla) will perform that role until fresh elections are held in September,” said a BCCI source.
The Rajya Sabha MP from the Congress party had previously also served as the chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Most recently, C K Khanna had served as the acting BCCI president from 2017 to 2019 during the tenure of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators that governed the board for 33 months.
Binny was the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association before taking charge of the world’s richest cricket board three years ago.
Counted among the greats of the game, the former all-rounder was a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning team under Kapil Dev.
He later went on to coach the India Under-19 team that won the 2000 edition of ICC World Cup for that age group.
(Written with inputs from Press Trust of India)
