The election for only three vacant posts was scheduled to be held during the December 24 AGM of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Rajeev Shukla's candidature for the post of the Indian cricket board's vice-president was declared valid, along with those of Brijesh Patel and M. Khairul Jamal Majumdar, who would continue as councillors after nominations were also declared valid.

Earlier, Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) president Rohan Jaitley, whose late father Arun Jaitley and Shukla famously got along well despite having different political affiliations, proposed the name of the former Indian Premier League governing council chairman for the post.

The election for only three vacant posts was scheduled to be held during the December 24 AGM of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). However, now that there would be no contest, all have been effectively elected, barring a formal announcement from Achal Kumar Joti, Electoral Officer of the BCCI. Although candidates could withdraw their nominations on Saturday, that wouldn't be required now.

Speculation in the board that Shukla will be elected as the new BCCI VP grew when he was named as the representative of Uttar Pradesh in the draft electoral list, a development which raised an objection from a few people, who pointed out that Shukla has been a director of the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) since 2005, and is now supposed to be serving a cooling-off period.