Calcutta: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) mandarins weren’t the only ones desperate for an update on the trend in the lead-up to Tuesday’s AGM of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).

Indeed, The Telegraph received calls from administrators beyond the shores of India as well.

They had just one question: Would Jagmohan Dalmiya regain control of the Eden Gardens, from where he’d called the shots globally?

Dalmiya, after all, once headed the International Cricket Council, the Afro-Asian body (which he helped set up), the Asian Cricket Council, the BCCI and, of course, the CAB.

Everybody’s interest was understandable, given that a victory in the CAB elections would allow Dalmiya to gain a toehold in the BCCI. It would be the start of a fresh innings.

That’s why such unprecedented attention on what has to be termed a local election.

Dalmiya, it may be recalled, held control of the CAB till December 2006, when the BCCI expelled him — the price he had to pay for opposing Sharad Pawar.

On Tuesday, Dalmiya successfully challenged Prasun Mukherjee, whom he’d defeated in the 2006 elections. The one-time supremo of world cricket kept his promise that history would be repeated.