BCCI name new officials

Manoharas and Srikkanth handed key roles

Srikkanth: Chief of selectors

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Board of Control for Cricket in India have unanimously elected Shashank Manoharas as their new president, with Kris Srikkanth named chairman of a new selection committee.

Manohar, formerly vice-president from Central Zone representing Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA), takes over from Sharad Pawar.

Srikkanth, a former opening batsman, takes over from ex-India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar, whose two-year term ended this month.

The new committee, which also includes former middle-order batsman and member of the 1983 World Cup winning team Yashpal Sharma, will officially take over from October 1 and one of their first tasks is to pick the Indian team for the Border-Gavaskar series against Australia.

N Srinivasan, treasurer of the BCCI on the earlier panel, was elected secretary of the BCCI and also vice chairman of the Indian Premier League, a newly created post.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka have appointed Nishantha Ranatunga - brother of Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Arjuna - the new team manager.

Ranatunga will lead the team on a tour of Canada next month, when they take part in a Twenty20 tournament involving the hosts, Pakistan and Zimbabwe.

Spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and seamer Chaminda Vaas have been rested for the short trip but all-rounder Farveez Maharoof returns to action following injury.

There is no specialist wicket-keeper in the 15-man squad with Kumar Sangakkara recovering from recent surgery on a finger.