Sharad Pawar elected Mumbai Cricket Association president

June 17, 2015 21:04

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar was elected president of the Mumbai Cricket Association's biennial elections in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Contesting on behalf of the BJP-backed Pawar-Bal Mahaddalkar group, he beat the Shiv Sena-backed 'Cricket First' group's candidate Vijay Patil by 172-145 votes.

BJPs Mumbai chief, Ashish Shelar, and former India batsman Deli Vengsarkar, of the Pawar group, were elected vice-presidents.

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