Scindia wants professional to head BCCI

With the Board of Control for Cricket in India's elections round the corner, its former president Madhavrao Scindia on Monday said he favours the appointment of a professional with money-management skills to head the august body.

"The BCCI is now a body of nearly Rs 150 crore [Rs 1.5 billion] plus and to manage such a big amount, we must think of appointing a professional managing director who knows money management even if he does not belong to the cricketing world," he told reporters in Indore.

The BCCI elections are slated to be held in Madras, on September 29.

Scindia also suggested setting up a trust to manage the board's affairs, and said all former BCCI presidents should be made its members.

On the performance of Madhya Pradesh cricketers, he said: "It was unfortunate that local lad Amay Khurasia was unable to perform well in spite of being given many chances."

Scindia, however, hoped that more players from MP would get a chance to play at the national and international level in the coming days.

Mail Cricket Editor