Who was unanimously elected as the New President of the BCCI on 22 May 2016 ?
A. Ajay Shirke
B. Shashank Manohar
C. Anurag Thakur
D. Arun Jaitley
Answer:C
Who was unanimously elected as the New President of the BCCI on 22 May 2016 ?
A. Ajay Shirke B. Shashank Manohar C. Anurag Thakur D. Arun Jaitley
Explanation: 41-year old Anurag Thakur on 22 May 2016 became the youngest-ever President of BCCI after he was unanimously elected for this post. He replaced Shashank Manohar who quit the position to take up the International Cricket Council (ICC) chief’s job. Manohar’s exit from the top post barely seven months into his tenure has necessitated the election of the new chief of the world’s richest and most powerful cricket body. Anurag Thakur is also a Bharatiya Janata Party MP in Lok Sabha. He takes over BCCI’s reins of the embattled Board in rather tough times as the BCCI is facing heat from the Supreme Court to implement the Justice R.M. Lodha Committee’s recommendations for sweeping reforms. On the other hand Ajay Shirke made his return to BCCI as he was elected as board’s Secretary. He was earlier treasurer of the board and had resigned from his post in May 2013, protesting the manner in which N. Srinivasan’s regime had handled the IPL corruption scandal.