Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh can get a big post in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The annual general meeting of BCCI (BCCI AGM 2025) is going to be held on 28 September, for which the Punjab Cricket Association has declared Harbhajan Singh as its representative. According to The Indian Express, Harbhajan Singh will be part of this meeting. Earlier, the Cricket Association of Bengal, Sourav Ganguly has been declared its representative. September 28 is the day when BCCI elections are to be held, in which a new appointment to the post of president is also to be done.

Harbhajan Singh was earlier appointed as an advisor to the Punjab Cricket Association. This will be the first time that he will be seen as a representative of the State Cricket Association. Notices have been sent to all state cricket associations that the last date to declare their respective representatives will be September 12.

At the same time, the Election Officer has extended the last date to apply from September 20 to September 21. If a candidate wants, he can withdraw his name by 23 September and the elections will be held on 28 September. The final of the Asia Cup 2025 is also to be played on the same day. In the meeting to be held on September 28, a decision is to be taken on the posts of Chairman, Vice President, Secretary, Joint Secretary and Treasurer.

Karnataka State Cricket Association has made Raghuram Bhatt, Mumbai Cricket Association its representative. Former IPL chairman Arun Singh Dhumal from Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association and Rajiv Shukla from Uttar Pradesh will be present in this annual general meeting.

Recently, former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s name was being linked to the post of BCCI President. Those speculations had gained a lot of vigor that Sachin could be elected the next BCCI President, but recently his company ‘SRT Support Management’ made it clear that there has been no discussion about Sachin Tendulkar getting the post of BCCI President and all this is a lie.

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Rajeev shukla and arun dhumal in bcci: Elections are going to be held soon in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). This post has become vacant after retiring as the president of former Indian cricketer Roger Binny. At present, Rajiv Shukla is the executive chairman of BCCI. The post of IPL chairperson Arun Dhumal can also be vacant. Arun Dhumal is scheduled to complete six years while working in different positions in BCCI in October 2025, after which his three-year cooling-off period will start, under which he will not be an officer in BCCI for three years.

Many big questions in BCCI Elections

Many questions have arisen before the election to be held in BCCI, in which who will sit on the post of IPL chairperson from the President of BCCI, it will now be known only after the election.

Rajiv Shukla will become the president of BCCI?

The biggest question is whether Rajiv Shukla will become the President of BCCI. Rajiv Shukla has played many roles like sub-committee, committee, IPL chairperson and manager of the Indian team and has been associated with the board for a long time. Rajiv Shukla became the Vice President of BCCI in 2020. If Rajiv Shukla is elected President of BCCI, then his term will be completed in December 2026.

According to the Supreme Court’s decision in 2022, any officer can remain an officer in this authority for six years. The BCCI has four posts of Office Bearer, including the post of Chairman, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Rajiv Shukla has been over 4.5 years for the post of Vice President. If he becomes president, then he will have to withdraw from this post in December 2026.

Arun Dhumal’s cooling-off period

The second question in BCCI election is whether IPL chairperson Arun Dhumal will have to complete the cooling of period. Arun Dhumal was made Treasurer in 2019 and in 2022 he got the role of IPL chairperson. Dhumal has completed 6 years in BCCI, but it has been three years since Office-Bearer. According to the Times of India report, if Arun Dhumal has to go to the cooling of period, then Anirudh Chaudhary can be made an IPL chairperson.

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