DHAKA: Shashank Manohar, who was Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president between 2008 and 2011, has been formally elected for a second term at the board's special general meeting (SGM) in Mumbai on Sunday.

Manohar's election, which was necessitated by the death last month of the incumbent Jagmohan Dalmiya, became a formality after he was the only person nominated for the post on the eve of the election, espncricinfo.com reported.

As part of his first address as BCCI president, Manohar pledged to tackle the issues of conflict of interest with regard to players and officials, corruption in cricket, and the accountability of the state associations for the large sums of money received from the BCCI, as part of his wider plan to reform the functioning of the board.

Manohar said the BCCI would appoint an independent official to preside over matters relating to conflict of interest, and hoped meet with the government to engage investigative agencies for tackling the problem of corruption in cricket. He said the state associations were not empowered to carry out investigations.

Manohar had first emerged as the front-runner for the post when the ruling political party in India, the Bharatiya Janata Party, backed him. It is understood all six East Zone members - Cricket Association of Bengal, National Cricket Club, Odisha Cricket Association, Jharkhand Cricket Association, Assam Cricket Association and Tripura Cricket Association - nominated Manohar for president, as it was the zone's turn to nominate the president for the period till 2017.

The SGM was chaired by BCCI vice-president (south) G Gangaraju.

BDST: 1639 HRS, OCT 04, 2015
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