Dubai, Aug 17: The International Cricket Council on Wednesday condoled the death of former BCCI secretary and ICC director Amitabh Chaudhary. Chaudhary died of a heart attack on Tuesday morning. He was 62. "It is sad to hear of the passing of Amitabh Chaudhary. On behalf of the ICC, I extend my deepest condolences to our colleagues at the BCCI as well as his family and friends," ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said in a release. India Likely Playing XI for 1st ODI vs Zimbabwe: Check Predicted Indian 11 for Cricket Match in Harare.

A retired senior IPS officer, Chaudhary played a major role in building one of the finest cricket stadiums in Ranchi and was instrumental in bringing international cricket and IPL to the industrial town. He had also served as a BCCI joint secretary and was an administrative manager with the Indian team on a few occasions. Chaudhary's acting secretaryship tenure coincided with Indian cricket's darkest administrative period when the Committee of Administrators (CoA) was in charge.

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