Beginning a new era in the Indian cricket administration, former Test captain Anil Kumble was elected as the President of the Karnataka State Cricket Association last night.Former pace duo of Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad were elected as Secretary and Vice President respectively. The trio were part of Indian cricket team's several memorable on-field wins and are all set to begin new innings.The Kumble led group swept the polls as they won 21 out of 24 posts that went to polls, with the rest going to the Wodeyar group. Kumble defeated Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, a scion of the Mysore Royal family and also incumbent President, by a margin of 43 votes.Srinath defeated former umpire AV Jayaprakash, who was one of the on-field umpires when Kumble took 10 wickets in a Test innings in Delhi, by 245 votes. Prasad, Roger Binny and Sadanand Mayya were elected Vice-Presidents.Out of a total of 1490 members, 1080 cast their votes, while 214 out of the 229 member clubs voted. Binny, who was re-elected to the post, said these elections will change the face of the cricket in the state.