Devajit Saikia and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia set to elected as BCCI secretary and treasurer unopposed

Devajit Saika and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia are set to be elected unopposed as the new Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary and treasurer, respectively. Their names are the only two featuring in the final list of contesting candidates which was shared on Tuesday.

The BCCI secretary post was left vacant after Jay Shah took over as the ICC chairman on December 1. Saika had been appointed as the interim secretary.

Meanwhile, the treasurer post was up for grabs after Ashish Shelar took oath as a cabinet minister in the Maharashtra government.

The deadline to file the nominations ended last week and the



withdrawal of nominations ended on Tuesday at 2 PM. The final list of nominations was prepared by the BCCI electoral officer and former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Achal Kumar Joti, on Tuesday.

The election will take place on January 12 on the sidelines of the BCCI's SGM. The results, which are a formality will also be announced on the same day. 

Saika was earlier appointed as the interim secretary after board president Roger Binny used his constitutional powers. Binny cited clause 7(1) (d) of the BCCI constitution to hand secretarial powers to Saika, who is a former first-class cricketer and also an Advocate General of the state.