The election for the Associate Member representatives on the Chief Executives' Committee has delivered a surprise, with three newcomers securing seats on the influential decision-making body of International Cricket Council (ICC).
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Palani, Bhatnagar, Klair elected to CEC as Associates pick newcomers
Gurumurthy Palani of France, Anurag Bhatnagar of Hong Kong, and Gurdeep Klair of Canada were elected ahead of the more fancied incumbents, Sumod Damodar (Botswana) and Sankar Renganathan (Sierra Leone) © Getty
Gurumurthy Palani of France, Anurag Bhatnagar of Hong Kong, and Gurdeep Klair of Canada were elected ahead of the more fancied incumbents, Sumod Damodar (Botswana) and Sankar Renganathan (Sierra Leone).
"My commitment to cricket will continue as the game is bigger than all else," said Damodar, the veteran administrator from the African nation who was the only incumbent in the fray. He finished fourth with 16 votes. While Palani and Bhatnagar polled 28 votes each, Klair got 21 votes from the 45-member electoral college. All three elected members will have a tenure of two years.
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