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Daily Bulletin: Delhi HC verdict on DK Shivakumar's bail plea; Sourav Ganguly to take over as BCCI president today, Jay Amit Shah as secretary; day's top stories
Fp Staff •Here are today's top stories: Delhi HC to give verdict on DK Shivakumar's bail plea; Two suspects arrested in Kamlesh Tiwari murder; and more
CoA reign set to end with Sourav Ganguly taking over as 39th BCCI president
•One of India's most decorated captains Sourav Ganguly will be taking over as the 39th president of the BCCI on Wednesday at its AGM, ending a tumultuous 33-month reign of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators.
Differences with Vinod Rai were not personal, just on principals, says outgoing CoA member Diana Edulji
•CoA, which ran Indian cricket for 33 months, will demit office on Wednesday with former India captain Sourav Ganguly taking over as the BCCI president.
Amitabh Choudhary's participation in ICC's board meeting will not be binding on BCCI, CoA tells cricket's global body
•"The CoA doesn't recognise the participation of Amitabh Choudhary as a representative of the BCCI to the ICC. Accordingly, no decisions or commitments (if any) undertaken by him, on behalf of BCCI, will be binding on the BCCI" CoA wrote in a mail to ICC
State associations of Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra barred from BCCI Annual General Meeting over failure to amend constitutions
•The TNCA, which elected N Srinivasan's daughter Rupa Gurunath, had 21 violations in their amended Constitution, including non-compliance in age cap (over 70 years), tenure of the cooling-off period
MCA polls clear decks for CoA's exit, all eyes now on BCCI elections as cricket administration struggles for normalcy
Vedam Jaishankar •With state units’ elections completed, all attention will be on 23 October when BCCI elections are supposed to be held. A good, forward-thinking Board could once again breathe life into state units and get them to intensely focus on grassroots cricket.
CoA saw no conflict of interest in Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory Committee, says Vinod Rai
•BCCI Ethics Officer Justice (Retd) DK Jain has issued notices to Kapil and fellow CAC members Shantha Rangaswamy and Anshuman Gaekwad for being directors of the newly-formed Indian Cricketers Association (ICA).
CoA chief Vinod Rai backs Rahul Dravid as former India captain deposes before BCCI on conflict of interest charge
•Former India captain Rahul Dravid on Thursday deposed before BCCI Ethics Officer DK Jain to explain the conflict of interest charge against him that has been down-played by the Committee of Administrators (CoA), citing the example of former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan.
Vinod Rai says CoA members will resign from office on 23 October, no change in date of BCCI elections
Firstcricket Staff •The chairman of the Committee of Administrators (CoA) Vinod Rai said 23 October, the day of BCCI's elections will also be CoA members' last day in the office.
BCCI elections rescheduled to 23 October in wake of assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra
•Both the states will be voting on 21 October in a single-phase elections and to ensure that voter members from the two units are not inconvenienced, the Cricket Board poll has been postponed by a day.