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India's powerful cricket board elects Thakur president

Published: 22 May 2016 - 08:23 am | Last Updated: 14 Nov 2021 - 11:41 pm
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File picture of Anurag Thakur, an MP and close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. AFP Photo/Sajjad Hussain

 

Mumbai: India's cricket board on Sunday unanimously elected 41-year-old current secretary Anurag Thakur as its new president, one of the most powerful positions in world sport.

The cash-rich Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) posted pictures on Twitter of its members congratulating Thakur, a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after a special meeting to elect him in Mumbai.

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