The Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to nominate its chief Sharad Pawar for the post of International Cricket Council president after having garnered support from three other Asian Test playing countries.
Incumbent ICC President Percy Sonn has still two years into the job but the process of filing nominations ends on January 1, 2007.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said the Asian countries had reached a consensus on Pawar's candidature.
"Yes, it has been decided that Mr. Pawar will be the candidate to take over as the new ICC president once Percy Sonn's two-year term is over. Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are in favour of Mr. Pawar and we hope to elicit the support of the West Indies too," he said from Rajkot.
"We have to move fast as the nomination needs to be sent to the ICC by January 1, 2007. A C Muthiah (former BCCI chief) is the head of the ICC's nomination committee," informed Shah, adding the issue would be discussed at the Board's working committee meeting in Mumbai on Saturday.
Voting on the nominations will take place at the ICC's annual meeting in London in July, 2007.
However, Pawar himself refused to give a direct reply when asked about the proposed move.
"There are still two more years for the (ICC) elections," he told reporters on the sidelines of a press conference in New Delhi.
