Adwait Manohar was unanimously elected as the president of Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) where as Hemant Gandhi will be the new secretary. After Adv. VR Manohar and former ICC president Adv. Shashank Manohar, Adwait will be another member of the Manohar family who will head the VCA, known as one of the richest cricketing bodies in the country. Hemant Gandhi has been elevated as secretary from joint secretary post.
As per the election notice and schedule of elections, Monday was the day for acceptance & scrutiny of nomination forms. Election officer JS Sahari scrutinised the nomination forms received and found them to be valid and accepted them. Tuesday is the last date for withdrawal al of nominations till 2 pm. However, all have been elected unanimously as no other candidates filled the nomination forms. It can be mentioned here that as per Lodha Committee recommendations Adv Anand Jaiswal Prashant Vaidya, Parimal Vaidya, Murali Pantula, and Hemant Gandhi have completed five years in a row as office-bearers and thus paved the way for fresh set of administrators.
Under the Jaiswal regime Vidarbha Under-16 boys lifted Vijay Merchant Trophy (2016-17 Indore) to break the jinx. There was no looking back as Vidarbha went on to bag Cooch Behar Trophy (U-19 four-day meet, 2017-18), Vinoo Mankad Trophy (U 19 one-day meet, 2018-19) and back to back Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup titles. It will be interesting to see what responsibility the new VCA administra tion will give to former Indian cricketer and vice president Prashant Vaidya.
