"The BCCI emergency working committee meeting was not a victory for individuals but a victory for the game of cricket," Mr Dalmiya said after being appointed as interim chief.

Denness represented England in 28 Tests, 19 as captain, and scored 1,667 runs at an average of just under 40. He also played in 12 One-Day Internationals and captained England in the inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup in 1975 in England.

His reign has England captain was marred by a strained relationship with Geoff Boycott, then one of the team's star performers. During the 1974-75 tour of Australia, Denness dropped himself for the fourth Test after making just 65 runs in his first six innings