By Peter Della Penna
Atul Ahuja, the 44-year-old former CEO of Cricket Canada, has thrown his hat into the ring of candidates to become the next president of the USA Cricket Association. Ahuja first broke the news earlier this month in a series of emails to cricket stakeholders and says he is different from other candidates because he has walked the walk where others in US cricket have only talked the talk.

“I’ve done a lot of things that a lot of people have hoped to do here,” said Ahuja in a phone interview. “I’ve seen the life cycle of how it can be done, what are the opportunities, what are the trials and tribulations, what it takes. That’s one. Secondly, I believe that excellence is a human trait that many people strive for and few achieve. The team I’ve put together is one that has achieved a lot of excellence.”

Ahuja has put together a slate of candidates for other positions on the executive board of USACA as well. So far he has revealed that former West Indies Test batsman Alvin Kallicharran will be running alongside Ahuja to be first vice president, former Bangladesh allrounder Yousuf Rezaur Rahman will run for secretary and US cricket historian David Sentance will run for treasurer. Ahuja says he decided to run because he feels he can be a difference maker in US cricket.
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