Niranjan Shah (born 4 June 1944) is a former Indian first-class

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er, businessman and cricket administrator. During his playing career, Shah played for Saurashtra from 1965/66 to 1974/75. He currently serves as the honorary secretary of the

Saurashtra Cricket Association Saurashtra Cricket Association is the governing body of the cricket activities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region of the Gujarat state of India and the Saurashtra cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India ...

Career

Shah started his cricket career while pursuing a

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at Dharmendra College and also went on to captain

Saurashtra University Saurashtra University is a university in Gujarat state in India. This university was established on 23 May 1967, in Rajkot city, and the administrative headquarters are at Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state ...

. He appeared in 12 first-class matches playing for Saurashtra between the 1965/66 and 1974/75 seasons. He took over from

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as the honorary secretary of

in 1972 and has remained in the position ever since. In more than four decades of cricket administration, Shah has held various administrative positions such as the honorary secretary of the

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(BCCI) (elected four times at the role), vice-president of BCCI from West Zone, and vice-chairman of

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(IPL). In August 2015, he was elected to chair a five-member ad-hoc committee for the administration of cricket in the state of

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. Currently, Shah is the honorary secretary of the Saurashtra Cricket Association, chairman of the

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Board and member of the disciplinary committee of the BCCI. He has been credited with the progress made by

Saurashtra region Saurashtra, also known as Sorath or Kathiawar, is a peninsular region of Gujarat, India, located on the Arabian Sea coast. It covers about a third of Gujarat state, notably 11 districts of Gujarat, including Rajkot District. It was formerly a ...

in cricket including

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in Rajkot gaining the Test venue status and the town becoming the base of a new IPL team in December 2015.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Niranjan 1944 births Living people Indian cricketers Saurashtra cricketers Indian cricket administrators People from Rajkot Cricketers from Gujarat