Sourav Ganguly likely to be BCCI President; Jay Shah Secretary

Former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly has emerged as a consensus candidate as next BCCI President while Gujarat Cricket Association president Jay Shah will be new Secretary. Both Ganguly and Shah will be filing ir minations on October 14 along with Himachal Cricket Association President Arun Dhumal, bror of former BCCI president Anurag Thakur, who will contest for post of treasurer.  BCCI elections will be held on October 23 and last date for minations are on October 14.

minated candidates

In a 5-hour long meeting starting from Sunday afteron till late evening, two names emerged for discussion  - Ganguly and former Karnataka State Cricket Association president Brijesh Patel. At one point, Patel h become front runner when Ganguly decided to put his name and was even willing to contest. While Patel was backed by former BCCI president N Srinivasan while Anurag Thakur-led most associations felt re was a need for a big face to rescue and restore im of BCCI.

Ganguly, however, will be BCCI he for less than a year as will have to go through a cooling off period 
after every two terms of three-year each (which he will complete in September next year), as per Supreme Court orders and Lodha Recommendations. After hectic discussions, a consensus was arrived at by various sports associations in which this was decided:

Following 3 candidates will file mination tomorrow (Oct 14) and will be uncontested: 

President: Sourav Ganguly 
Secretary: Jay Shah 
Treasurer: Arun Dhumal 

For post Vice-president and joint secretary, names are still being discussed and re is consensus so far. posts for Vice-president and joint secretaries are likely to be contested.

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About Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly is kwn for his vast contribution to cricket in India in a career span of around 15 years.  2003 World Cup Final would always be remembered as his biggest achievement. Kwn as 'Da', he was one of successful ODI batsmen. He took over as captain of Indian cricket team in 2002, after which India continued its winning streak till 2003 ICC World Cup finals. His career soon saw a downfall after loss of his personal form and emergence of new leer - Rahul Dravid. However, he me a come back soon after by scoring in Test cricket. Ganguly retired in 2008 after playing his last Test match against Australia. Post-retirement, cricketer continued to play game for this state team Bengal. He also signed up with Kolkata for Indian T20 League and represented m until 2010. However, he was left out in 2011 as ne of franchises bid for him. In 2012, Ganguly led his franchise in absence of Yuvraj Singh. Ganguly also took over as commentator. 

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