Dalmiya to return as BCCI boss?

Veteran official Jagmohan Dalmiya is set to be elected head of Indian cricket's governing body, replacing the sport's world supremo Narayanaswami Srinivasan following a corruption scandal, reports said Sunday.

Dalmiya, a former head of the International Cricket Council, emerged as the front-runner amid backroom negotiations for votes at elections on Monday for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

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Dalmiya, 74, was the "consensus candidate" among rival factions for BCCI president, a position he held a decade ago, according to the Press Trust of India news agency, citing unnamed sources.

The Supreme Court barred Srinivasan from standing as a candidate for BCCI chief, although he can cast his vote, following its probe into a betting and fixing scandal surrounding the Indian Premier League (IPL).