The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has called a Special General Meeting on October 4 to elect its new president with Nagpur lawyer Shashank Manohar emerging as a "consensus" candidate. BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur said the meeting would be held in Mumbai and scrutiny of the nominations would be done on October 3. "Shashank Manohar is our consensus candidate," Thakur said, adding that if an election takes place, "N Srinivasan can come and vote at the SGM". The Supreme Court hearing on Srinivasan's eligibility on attending BCCI meeting is slated for October 5. Thakur said Srinivasan cannot attend the meeting but he was not barred from casting his vote. Manohar, who has served as BCCI President from 2008 to 2011, has agreed for a second innings as BCCI chief after initially refusing the offer. Jagmohan Dalmiya's demise left the post vacant and most likely the new CAB President and former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly is likely to propose Manohar's name for the post. Manohar is unlikely to face any opposition since the Srinivasan faction hardly has numbers to counter the former's candidature.
