Chennai: Jagmohan Dalmiya was elected unopposed as the head of the Board Of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday at the AGM elections, replacing the former chief-in-exile N Srinivasan following a corruption scandal, according to reports.

Anirudh Choudhary was elected as Treasurer while Sanjay Patel remained Secretary of the Indian cricket board, indicated reports.

Dalmiya, a former head of the International Cricket Council emerged the front-runner amidst backroom negotiations for votes. It was the veteran cricket administrator from Bengal who had foiled Sharad Pawar’s first shot at the BCCI president post in 2004 by helping his candidate Ranbir Singh Mahendra win, smartly voting as chairman to tie the score and then exercising his casting vote.

The Supreme Court barred Srinivasan from standing as a candidate for BCCI chief, although he can cast his vote, following its probe into a betting and fixing scandal surrounding the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The court in January found Srinivasan guilty of a conflict of interest for having commercial dealings in the sport by owning an IPL franchise while he was also BCCI head.

Srinivasan is the current International Cricket Council (ICC) chief. Dalmiya served as ICC president for three years from 1997 to 2000. The 74-year-old, who hails from Kolkata, is credited with helping to turn the game into a lucrative global sport. He twice brought the World Cup to the Indian sub-continent, in 1987 and 1996.

Dalmiya was ousted by rivals as BCCI chief in 2005 after a more than decade-long reign over the powerful and faction-ridden board.