India, March 7 -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the appointment of Rajeev Shukla and Ashish Shelar to prominent positions within the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Shukla, the BCCI vice-president and Congress Rajya Sabha MP, will represent India on the ACC's Board of Directors. Meanwhile, Ashish Shelar, former treasurer of the BCCI and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been appointed as an Executive Board Member of the continental body.

The announcement was made by BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia on Friday, who expressed confidence in the new appointments. The positions come in the wake of a vacancy on the ACC Board, which was created after Jay Shah, the current BCCI Secretary, assumed the ...