Senior journalist Rajat Sharma yesterday beat World Cup winning India cricketer Madan Lal by 517 votes to become the new president of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association.

Sharma's group swept the elections, winning all 12 seats. With DDCA being the first among equals to go into elections after the Supreme Court appointed Lodha Committee suggested path-breaking structural reforms, the polling also witnessed abolition of proxy system with nearly 3000 voters turning up to cast their vote. Sharma got a total of 1531 votes while former Test cricketer Lal could only poll 1004 votes.