Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad is ready to contest the upcoming Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation (KSCA) elections, tentatively scheduled between October and November. Prasad brings in depth expertise as a coach, selector, and administrator, having served as KSCA vice-president from 2013 to 2016 throughout Anil Kumble’s tenure as president. Since then, he has largely stayed away from administration to give attention to his teaching profession, whereas additionally working as a media pundit and commentator.
The 56-year-old has beforehand been a bowling coach in the course of the 2006–07 season and was a part of the teaching workers of Punjab Kings, previously often called Kings XI Punjab. He may have veteran administrator Vinay Mruthyunjaya alongside him.
Mruthyunjaya is a former KSCA treasurer and a member of the BCCI Finance Committee. The duo of Prasad and Mruthyunjaya is anticipated to announce their full panel within the coming days. The time period of the incumbent regime of the state affiliation, headed by Raghuram Bhatt, is ready to finish on September 30.
The present set of officers is underneath scrutiny following a tragic stampede close to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4 throughout Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 victory celebrations, which claimed 11 lives. The affiliation secretary Shankar A and treasurer ES Jairam resigned, taking ethical accountability, after the state cupboard cleared prison proceedings in opposition to affiliation officers, prime RCB personnel, and the occasion administration agency DNA.
Authorized proceedings are ongoing following the submission of the Justice D’Cunha Fee’s findings to the federal government and the state Excessive Court docket. With the secretary and treasurer posts at present vacant, Mruthyunjaya might probably return to the function if all goes in line with plan.
Sourav Ganguly planning CAB presidency
It is usually value noting that former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who beforehand additionally served because the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly in addition to captained Prasad, is anticipated to re-enter administration as he’s more likely to file his nomination for the president’s publish within the upcoming Cricket Affiliation of Bengal (CAB) elections.
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