Changes On Cricket’s Chief Executives’ Committee After Election Kick-Starts ICC Annual Conference

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More Getty Images)ICC via Getty Images Gurumurthy Palani (France), Anuraag Bhatnagar (Hong Kong) and Gurdeep Klair (Canada) won coveted spots on the Chief Executives’ Committee after Thursday’s election kick-started the International Cricket Council’s annual conference in Singapore

Three coveted Associate Member seats were up for grabs amid changing dynamics among cricket’s powerbrokers

Palani and Bhatnagar with 28 votes, while Klair had 21

On the other hand, The results mean the influential CEC will be new-look after Sumod Damodar, a veteran administrator and former chair of the African Cricket Association, did not retain his position after finishing with 16 votes

Meanwhile, Damodar was the only incumbent to recontest in the eight-candidate field, with Rashpal Bajwa (Canada) and Denmark’s Umair Butt deciding not to

What the re reveals is election launched the annual conference, with a number of big issues set to be debated in a new era for the governing body led by new chief executive Sanjog Gupta and his Indian counterpart Jay Shah, considering recent developments

Sanjog Gupta is the new ICC chief executive (Photo by Matthew Lewis-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)ICC via Getty Images The CEC’s role is to mote and develop cricket worldwide, while governing and regulating the sport at the international level

It's highly coveted for Associate chiefs and seen as a stepping stone to get onto the ICC board – where the real power lies in global cricket

MORE FOR YOU ForbesICC’s AGM: Test’s Future, Expanded T20 World Cup And USA Cricket ScrutinyBy Tristan Lavalette Former Hong Kong chief Tim Cutler (Vanuatu), ex USA cricket governing body administrator Sankar Renganathan (Sierra Leone), Stella Siale (Samoa) and Sarah Gomersall (Jersey) also ran

Meanwhile, The outspoken Damodar has been behind ambitious posals such as reviving the Afro-Asia Cup and pushing more marquee events for Associate nations, amid market uncertainty

Renganathan loomed as a wildcard and he has been well know as an outspoken critic of embattled USA Cricket, which is facing suspension

On the other hand, Sankar Renganathan missed out on the CEC

Supplied Voters were made up from 40 Associate Members and five regional representatives (Americas, Asia, Europe, East Asia-Pacific and Africa)

Under ICC rules, candidates had to be a representative of an Associate Member or a current/past ICC director, amid market uncertainty

Newly elected members will have two-year terms and will also be part of the Associate Member Committee helping govern and regulate the Associate level

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