Renowned television journalist Rajat Sharma, on Monday (July 2), won the board election of the Delhi and District Cricket Association to be elected as the president by bagging 54.4 per cent votes in his favour. His faction that comprised Rakesh Bansal - among Vinod Tihara, Om Prakash Sharma and Rajan Manchanda - won the race to the vice-president's post with 48.87 per cent votes.

Former India player and World Cup winner Madan Lal, who too was in the running for the President's post, received 1004 votes in comparison to Rajat's 1521. Bansal too registered a big win with 1364 votes, with the second best fetching 1086 votes.

DDCA that has often found itself grappling with a myriad of administrative problems couldn't escape its share of controversies with candidates accusing each other for flouting norms. There were reports of presidential candidate Vikas Singh lodging complaint against Rajat for being present inside the voting area and influencing the voters. Similar accusations were made against BCCI acting president CK Khanna, whose wife Shashi Khanna contested for the vice-president's post.

Earlier last month when Rajat had announced the name of candidates of his faction for the DDCA elections, he had said, "I want to bring glory back to DDCA. DDCA has given world class players like Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Ashish Nehra and many others. I want to ensure that this process continues. Our young cricketers get better facilities, efficient coaching and transparency in selection. I will have a time-bound plan to improve infrastructure and the ground facilities. Players, members and visitors should get a world class experience when they come to Feroz Shah Kotla. I think that a leader should have the vision, will and the strength to get the decisions implemented. I believe in selfless and sincere service to work. And it will change the DDCA for better."