Those who wanted to play a political game in Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) lost badly. In MCA, only cricket wins," MCA's new vice-president Ashish Shelar told mid-day after emerging triumphant at the Wankhede Stadium.


Ashish Shelar (right) with managing committee member Vinod Deshpande. Pic/Atul Kamble 

He also made it clear that he will be in MCA to contribute wholeheartedly. Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar (195 votes) regained his vice-president's post after several years while former Test batsman Pravin Amre (170) got elected as a managing committee member for the first time.