Guwahati: Indian Premier League (IPL) Chief Operating Officer Hemang Amin has been appointed interim chief executive officer (CEO) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary, informed via an email on Monday (July 13).
This development has come to the fore days after Rahul Johri resigned as the CEO of the premier cricketing body. "As you might be aware, Mr. Rahul Johri who was the CEO, has resigned and is now no longer with BCCI. We have appointed Mr. Hemang Amin, COO, IPL as the interim CEO of the BCCI. I request you to extend all possible co-operation to Mr. Amin in his new role", Jay Shah wrote in an e-mail to the affiliates, reports Cricbuzz.
The BCCI is at a crucial juncture as the board currently has many posts that have been left vacant or are supposed to be left vacant. Office bearers will be looking for a full-time replacement, and the process is likely to be decided in an upcoming of the Apex Council to be held on July 17.
Meanwhile, there are reports that instead of hiring a consulting agency like they did last time, the BCCI might decide to pick a candidate on their own.