Published 23:35 IST, October 15th 2019
Sachin Tendulkar congratulates BCCI President-elect Sourav Ganguly
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday congratulated Sourav Ganguly as he is all to become Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president.
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Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday congratulated Sourav Ganguly as he is all set to become Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president. former batsmen took to Twitter and extended his best wishes 'to new team that will take charge',
Tendulkar and Ganguly have had an opening partnership record of 6,362 runs in 129 matches, which includes 20-century partnerships and 22 fifty runs stand. former cricketers have often been termed as legendary opening pair. Former Indian cricketers VVS Laxman, Mohammad Kaif and Virendra Sehwag had also congratulated BCCI President-elect Sourav Ganguly for his new role and said that re was doubt that Indian cricket would prosper under his leadership.
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Saurav filed his mination for post on Monday and will be elected unanimously for position. Ganguly though has time only till July 2020 when his term ends due to mandatory cooling-off period according to new rules set down by Supreme Court. As per rules, an administrator can only serve for six years in a row. Ganguly has been holding various positions in CAB for last five years.
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New office bearers of BCCI
For post of vice-president, Mahim Verma (Cricket Association of Uttarakhand) has put forward his name, while for post of Joint-Secretary Jayesh George (Kerela Cricket Association) has filed mination. Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association's Arun Singh Dhumal, bror of central minister Anurag Thakur, has filed mination for post of Treasurer.
Prabhat Singh Bhatia (Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh) has put forward his name for post of Councillor while Brijesh Parsuram Patel (Karnataka State Cricket Association) and M. Khairul Jamal Maujmdar (Cricket Association of Mizoram) have filed mination for post of Governing Council Member.
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(With ANI Inputs)
22:53 IST, October 15th 2019