Former cricketer Sandeep Patil to contest for the post of MCA's president 

Patil's decision to contest for the position was came on Friday (PC: Twitter)

Former India cricketer Sandeep Patil, in an interview with the Indian Express confirmed the fact that he would be contesting for the role of Maharastra Cricket Association's (MCA) president on Friday morning. 

Patil confirmed that the decision was made after thorough consultation with his family and friends. It was only a few days ago that Patil had decided to enroll his voting rights in the association as an international player.

The 66 year old will be attempting to don a role in the administration for the first time has previously served as coach of India, Kenya and Oman, and was also the head of the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. 

It is unclear whether Sandeep Patil will be facing any competition at the moment. It has only been a few days since he decided to enroll his voting rights in the association as an international player. The MCA elections will be taking place on the 28th of September.

Patil's decision to take part in the elections comes a day after he had denied that he would contest in the same. the current MCA president Vijay Patil is eligible to contest for the post too but if he is elected, he will be in office for only two years as he has served as an MCA office-bearer earlier.

“I will be contesting for the MCA president post. Last time I had to withdraw due to the conflict-of-interest clause. However, I decided this morning to contest after talking to my family and senior MCA friends,” Patil said.

The former chairman of the senior national selection committee had wanted to contest the previous election too, but due to his commentary assignment, he could have faced conflict-of-interest charges. So he had to withdraw at the last moment as Patil had done Marathi commentary for Star Sports during the Indian Premier League.

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