A total of 11 members on Friday filed their nomination papers for five different posts of office-bearers of the council of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA), elections for which will be held on September 27.
While two candidates each filed their nominations for the posts of president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, three members filed their papers for the post of joint secretary.
Suvashis Senapati of Kendrapada district is the lone candidate for the single post of apex council member. If the single set of papers filed by Senapati is found to be in order, he will be declared elected uncontested.
Sanjay Behera, son of former OCA secretary Asirbad Behera who was arrested by the CBI on Thursday, filed two sets of paper for the coveted post of secretary. He is pitted against veteran sports administrator Nabaranjan Pattanaik.
For the post of OCA president, well-known cricket administrator of the State and former OCA treasurer Pradeep Chauhan of the Union Sporting Club will have a direct contest with Pankaj Lochan Mohanty of Boudh.
Akshaya Kumar Samant of Angul and Prasant Prasad Pattnaik of Subarnapur will contest for the post of vice-president while Bikash Pradhan of Khordha and Anil Kumar Biswal of Jagatsinghpur will contest for the post of treasurer. Mahtab Khan of Jharsuguda, Prabhat Kumar Bhol of Sundargarh and Sujit Kumar Pradhan of Deogarh filed their nominations for the lone post of joint secretary, said a release issued by OCA chief executive officer BK Nayak.