BCCI gears up for 2016 ICC World T20, forms organising committee

The BCCI has set up an organising committee for ICC World Twenty20, which will be held in India next year.

The World T20 tournament, which will be hosted by the BCCI, will held from March 11 to April 3, 2016.

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur informed that MV Sridhar, general manager for cricket operations at BCCI as the tournament director while former Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar, who is the chief advisor security and ACSU of BCCI will be the director of Security and ACSU for the event.

While Amrit Mathur is appointed as the principal coordinator, RP Shah will be the tournament manager finance. KVP Rao, manager - game development of the BCCI has been appointed as the manager for cricket operations while Nishant Jeet Arora, media manager of the BCCI, will be the tournament media manager.

N Srinivasan's assistant Mayank Parikh has been nominated as manager - logistics and hospitality for the event.

Professor Ratnakar Shetty has been appointed as an advisor to the committee.

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