Elaborating on his plans, he added: “I have one year and that is more than sufficient for me to do a lot for Mumbai cricket and the maidans. I’d like to work with the Apex Council and our president Ajinkya Naik.”

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MCA chief Naik, who backed Hadap, said: “He has been working for maidan cricket for the last 35 years. Around 25 years ago, when I was a kid, I played in the Ajit Naik Memorial U-14 tournament at Worli. Hadap is one of the pioneers of that tournament, and is still organising that event.”

The former India cricketers who voted were Sachin Tendulkar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Balvinder Singh Sandhu, Abhishek Nayar, Paras Mhambrey, Sameer Dighe, Jatin Paranjape, Karsan Ghavri, Sanjay Bangar, Salil Ankola, Abey Kuruvilla, Nilesh Kulkarni, Suru Nayak, Lalchand Rajput and Avishkar Salvi. 

Former India women’s team captain and current MCA women’s cricket advisor Diana Edulji, ex-India cricketer Shobha Mundkar and former Mumbai skipper Milind Rege were also present to vote.