adminNEW DELHI. — The death of Indian cricket supremo Jagmohan Dalmiya was set to trigger a new leadership battle in the game’s global powerhouse, with experts yesterday predicting vicious infighting between rival factions.
Dalmiya, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), died on Sunday at a hospital in Kolkata where he was being treated for a heart condition, with no designated successor. The 75-year-old was widely hailed yesterday as the man who transformed India into the most powerful nation in international cricket by presiding over a massive increase in TV revenues. — afp.
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