Ashish Shelar replaces Sharad Pawar as president of MCA
Almost a month after the stepping down of Sharad Pawar as its president, the Mumbai Cricket Association today nominated its vice president Ashish Shelar to fill up the post as its interim chief.
“We have today filled up the posts which have become vacant. Mr Ashish Shelar has been made the interim president of the Mumbai Cricket Association as Mr Sharad Pawar has resigned,” said MCA’s joint secretary, Umesh Khanvilkar after a meeting of the association’s managing committee here.
Pawar had cited his ineligibility to continue as president as he had crossed the age cap of 70 laid down by the Supreme Court in its order based on the Lodha Committee recommendations and quit the post on December 17 last.
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