It has been learnt from reliable sources that the BCCI top brass which includes president Jagmohan Dalmiya and secretary Anurag Thakur are already discussing the appointment of Kumar, who retired as Delhi's Commissioner of Police on July 31, 2013.
Next week there is a BCCI working committee meeting, where the proposal to appoint Kumar would be mooted.
Incidentally, it was under Kumar's leadership that Delhi Police arrested former Test bowler S Sreesanth along with domestic spinners Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila for allegedly getting involved in spot-fixing while playing for Rajasthan Royals in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League.
The source added, "The president and the secretary feel that there is no one with better credentials than Kumar to take over from Sawani. The current regime is exactly not happy with work of Sawani's team and that's precisely the reason why the ACSU sub-committee of the board was kept on hold when the other committees were named on April 6.
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