Sourav Ganguly becomes second Indian captain to become BCCI president

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is all set to be appointed as Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) president. Sourav Ganguly pipped front-runner Brijesh Patel to become next BCCI president. Ganguly had an illustrious career as a player, captain, mentor and president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). Ganguly is also part of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) along with former teammates Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman.  

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Sourav Ganguly: New dawn for BCCI

When office resumes, it will be 33-month term of Committee of Administrators who were appointed post-Lodha Committee reforms. Ganguly was appointed captain after fixing scandal involving n captain Mohammad Azharuddin broke out. team in tatters, morale down, Ganguly lead his team from front and India made a strong statement winning series against Australia and reaching finals of 2003 World Cup. Acting BCCI president CK Khanna hailed decision to appoint Ganguly as president.  

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Union Minister Amit Shah’s son, Jay Shah, will be new chairman of BCCI. Arun Dhumal, younger bror of MoS finance and former BCCI president Anurag Thakur will be appointed new treasurer. Sourav Ganguly is set to become second captain after Maharajkumar of Vizianagaram to become a full-time BCCI president. tably, former Indian Captains Sunil Gavaskar and Shivlal Yadav acted as BCCI President on an interim basis in 2014.

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Sourav Ganguly said his priority is to look at first-class cricket in country. Ganguly who has scored more than 18,000 international runs, 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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