Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir Congratulate Anurag Thakur on BCCI President Appointment
Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Gautam Gambhir congratulated Anurag Thakur after he was appointed as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
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Anurag Thakur was appointed as the new BCCI president.
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Thakur replaced Shashank Manohar, who was at the helm for seven months.
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Yuvraj, Harbhajan and Gautam Gambhir congratulated Thakur.
Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh congratulated Anurag Thakur on being elected as the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Congratulations @ianuragthakur for becoming the @BCCI president.. Best wishes ??
- Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) May 22, 2016
BJYM congratulates Anurag Ji for being elected as a new BCCI president unopposed.He is the youngest man to do so. pic.twitter.com/P0veEkvrav
- BJYM (@BJYM) May 22, 2016
India discard Gautam Gambhir also congratulated Thakur.
Congrats @ianuragthakur on taking over @bcci president. Go well paaji. Hope Indian cricket continues to prosper.
- GGF (@GautamGambhir) May 22, 2016
Not only cricketers but administrators also congratulated the three-time BJP MP.
"Many congratulations to him on behalf of the Board. It's a very big responsibility on his shoulders. Our endeavour is to work as one united family and take cricket forward in India and globally.
"I also thank Shashank Manohar for his tenure as BCCI president and the way he strengthened it. We hope he will continue to be out guiding light. We have full faith in the newly-elected president and secretary and we are sure under their guidance the Board, which is going through tough times, will overcome them with transparency," Scindia said.
However Scindia did not express his opinion on whether these times can be termed as difficult for board.
 "I don't necessarily thing that it's an easy time or tough time. I think it's important that we are transparent, accountable. And I think if we are transparent and accountable I personally don't think any situation is a situation which cannot be overcome.
"Under Anurag Thakur as well as Ajay Shirke I think the Board will rise to the expectations of not only the Lodha Committee or the courts but will also rise to expectations of 1.3 billion in this country and billions of people across the world."
CAB secretary Avishek Dalmiya also joined the bandwagon to congratulate Thakur.
"Many congratulations to Anurag Thakur on becoming the consensus candidate for the post of BCCI President. While he brings youth at the top, he also has the required experience since he has been associated with the BCCI for over 16 years", said Dalmiya.