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Vengsarkar, Vilasrao elected unopposed as MCA VPs

July 07, 2009 21:11 IST

Former India [ Images ] skipper and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar and Union Minister for Heavy Industries Vilasrao Deshmukh [ Images ] were on Tuesday elected unopposed as vice-presidents of Mumbai [ Images ] Cricket Association (MCA).

After the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended on Tuesday evening, both Vengsarkar and former Maharashtra [ Images ] Chief Minister Deshmukh were left without any opponent for the July 10 elections.

President Sharad Pawar [ Images ], too, was declared re-elected unopposed for another term.

However, current treasurer and the Board of Control for Cricket in India's Chief Administrative Officer, Ratnakar Shetty, faces a straight contest to retain his post with former group member and vice-president Ravi Savant, who resigned from his post a fortnight before the elections.

Savant could not have contested for the vice-president's post, having completed his stipulated term in the chair.

Former Test opener and coach Lalchand Rajput will be fighting a triangular contest with incumbents Dr P V Shetty and Hemant Waingankar for the two posts of joint-secretary of the MCA.

Sudhir Naik, another former Test opener, is in the fray earning berth in the 11-member managing committee along with former Mumbai Ranji Trophy captain Milind Rege and 22 others.

A total of 28 nominations were filed, with four persons withdrawing before the deadline.

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