Chetan Desai

Four days after the en-mass resignation drama, Goa Cricket Association retained most of its executive committee members while ousting its vice president Chetan Desai from the committee.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday, issued notices to Goa Cricket Association (GCA) president Chetan Desai and secretary Vinod Phadke and suspended them from BCCI sub-committees, pending inquiry

Panaji: Chetan Desai was close -- in every sense of the word -- to being elected as joint secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Tied 15-15 along with Jharkhand Cricket Association's Amitabha Choudhary, Shivlal Yadav, who chaired the annual general body meeting, tilted the scales in Choudhary's favour with his casting vote.

The one-man election committee of the Goa Cricket Association rejected presidential nominations of Chetan Desai, Akbar Mulla, Manohar Naik and Suraj Lotlikar, all of whom are opposing Dr Shekhar Salkar’s bid to have another term as president.

Dr Shekhar Salkar’s bravado and fight for control of the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) ended dramatically on the eve of elections as he withdrew from the fray and left Chetan Desai as the sole candidate for the president’s post

Chetan Desai and Anil Lavandis have almost completed their probe into the affairs of the GCA and will submit their report to the state registration department on Friday.

Chetan Desai is set to be the presidential candidate of the rival group within the Goa Cricket Association and take on the might of Dr Shekhar Salkar in Sunday's election

How does a software developer in Oracle go on to become the driving force behind India's first mega-budget full-length 3D animation movie? For an answer to this question and a few others, we met Chetan Desai — the man who has played Ram and Ravan, Laxman and Hanuman, Bali and Sugriva.

: Several high-ranking officials of the Goa Cricket Association (GCA), including president Chetan Desai and secretary Vinod Phadke, are preparing to relinquish their positions following the Supreme Court’s recent order.

There was no space for mediapersons to stand in GCA secretary Chetan Desai’s office as almost everyone wanted a piece of him. The man of the moment, and the man who will now lead the Goa Cricket Association, was as calm as ever and refused to be drawn into what he saw as a “trap”

The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) is setting itself on the warpath with the state government again after president Chetan Desai chose to appoint Vinod Phadke as his secretary.

An overwhelming majority of the clubs registered with Goa Cricket Association are training their guns on president Dr Shekhar Salkar after their voting right was restored by the High Court

Dr Shekhar Salkar has told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that he is now the acting president of Goa Cricket Association and incumbent Vinod Phadke has been sidelined

After a year of grumbling, infighting, politicking and underachieving in the Ranji Trophy, there is little doubt that Goan cricket needed a fresh start

Panaji: Judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), Vijayalaxmi Shivolkar will, on Saturday, hear parties on whether to allow intervention applications in the bail pleas filed by the three accused in funds misappropriation case at Goa Cricket Association (GCA) . The applicants fear that if the accused are released on bail, they may influence witnesses and tamper evidence.

Panaji: Judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), Vijayalaxmi Shivolkar will, on Saturday, hear parties on whether to allow intervention applications in the bail pleas filed by the three accused in funds misappropriation case at Goa Cricket Association (GCA) . The applicants fear that if the accused are released on bail, they may influence witnesses and tamper evidence.

The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) was forced to adjourn an Emergency Special General Body meeting despite having 82 clubs in attendance at its headquarters in Porvorim on Sunday

The Goa Cricket Association and court battles are now becoming commonplace.

The economic offences cell of the Goa Police arrested chief of the board of control for cricket in India’s (BCCI) marketing committee, Chetan Desai, along with two other senior Goan cricket officials for alleged misappropriation of a BCCI cheque worth Rs 2.87 crore, issued as share of profits from television rights in 2006

Goa’s senior cricketers have reasons to be afraid, very afraid

The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) is expecting Rs 150 crore from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as they step up efforts to construct an exclusive state-of-the-art stadium in Goa

The Goa Cricket Association has told a district court they will not go ahead with the Special General Body meeting on Sunday that was called to Desai decide on the expulsion of Sarvodaya Sporting and other officials, including its president Vilas Desai whose complaint led to the arrest of three top officials

The managing committee of the Goa Cricket Association met informally on Saturday and pledged their support for the top bosses, all of whom have been placed under arrest for alleged misappropriation of funds

An FIR was filed against two senior Goa Cricket Association (GCA) officials, including its president, and two former office-bearers, in connection with alleged misappropriation of Rs 1 crore, police said.