65-year-old Shukla will first get the acting president role for three months. With the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in September, the month he would turn 66, he could stand for the post of full-time president in the elections, added the sources.
BCCI chief Roger Binny and Shukla are travelling to Pakistan after an invitation was extended to the members of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and other cricket boards by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to attend the mega event.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday said that "it is a very important time in the Indian cricket administration" after filing nomination for the post of President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) here.