Azharuddin elected president of Hyderabad Cricket Association

The election was held under the supervision of Electoral Officer VS Sampath, the former Chief Election Commissioner and as per Lodha Committee reforms.

“It was victory for cricket. My immediate priority is to restore Hyderabad’s past glory. It is a new innings as an administrator and a new challenge,” the 56-year-old said.

The panel won all the six posts, five office bearers and one councilor, under the new amended constitution of HCA. Azharuddin, who was disqualified in 2017 votes under controversial circumstances, trounced Prakash Chand Jain by 74 votes. Azhar got 147 votes while Jain secured 73 votes. T Dileep, the third candidate, got only 3



votes.

Former secretary John Manoj was elected vice-president post as he won 

handsomely by 49 votes as he garnered 136 votes while Daljeet Singh secured 87 votes in a two-way contest.

For the secretary post, R Vijayanand was victorious as he polled 137 votes, defeating R Venkateshwaran by 75 votes. Venkatesharan collected only 62 votes while RM Bhaskar polled a poor 24 votes.

Naresh Sharma swept to victory for the joint secretary’s post as he polled 130 votes while former Ranji Trophy off spinner J Shivaji Yadav got 82 votes.

Surender Agarwal will be the new treasurer as he garnered 141 votes. He defeated Hanumanth Reddy (60 votes) and Babu Rao.

P Anuradha, the first woman to win an HCA election, was elected as councillor. She edged past Ravinder Singh in a close race.