Mumbai: Ajinkya Naik pummelled his rival Sanjay Naik by a whopping 107 votes to become the new president of the Mumbai Cricket Association here on Tuesday.
Ajinkya, who was the incumbent secretary of the MCA, recorded a massive win by a margin of 221-114 to register a one-sided victory.
Election officer J.S. Saharia announced that 335 votes were cast, with Ajinkya gaining 221 while Sanjay – representing the Ashish Shelar Group – had to be content with 114 votes. The election for the secretary’s post, vacated after Ajinkya took charge, will now be held in 45 days.
“This is the victory of maidan cricket. It’s a triumph of all the maidan club secretaries, schools and college gymkhana secretaries and the former cricketers. I am only their representative,” Ajinkya said.
“I have been serving MCA since 2015 in various capacities and its a pyramid-like journey, thanks to maidan clubs and their secretaries,” he added.
His opponent Sanjay, who is the incumbent vice president of the MCA, was backed by the Ashish Shelar group. BJP leader Shelar is also the treasurer of the BCCI.
Mumbai BJP heavyweight Shelar, also current BCCI treasurer said that all parties will work together for the betterment of cricket.
