Uddhav thackeray

Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis: More than cricket and maidan administration, politics will play a bigger role in the election for Mumbai Cricket Association's President, to occupy the post vacated due to the demise of incumbent Amol Kale in the USA during the T20 World Cup last month.

In contention are current secretary Ajinkya Naik and Vice-President Sanjay Naik, whom are expecting to find favour from the 375 voting members of MCA in the polls on November 23, and both of them enjoy strong political patronage.

Sanjay Naik is considered close to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) treasurer and Mumbai BJP leader Ashish Shelar while Ajinkya Naik is close to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and is reported to have the direct blessings of party supremo Sharad Pawar, himself a past president of MCA, BCCI and ICC.