Along with the strong monsoon winds, winds of change were blowing through the hallowed corridors of SoBo’s Cricket Club of India (CCI). For the first time, a woman has been elected to the executive committee of the club. Madhumati Lele Shrivastava won a seat on the committee in the elections, in the 87th Annual General Meeting (AGM), finishing at the top of the candidates beating the second-placed contestant by nearly 200 votes. The CCI elections were held with online voting on September 22 and 23 and in-person voting on September 24 and 25, with the results declared on September 25 evening.

Lele polled 634 votes (e-voting), 613 (venue voting) and got a total of 1,247. Her tenure on the committee will be for three years. Every year, one-third of the CCI committee retires having completed its term and fresh elections are held. The committee comprises 15 members, who are appointed through voting, and one permanent member.