Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday officially took charge as president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) for a second term following its 88th annual general meeting at Eden Gardens. This was Sourav Ganguly's second term in office after he became CAB president in 2015 following death of Jagmohan Dalmiya. Sourav Ganguly was first part of CAB's working committee and was elected joint secretary in 2014. He will, refore, have to serve mandatory three-year cooling-off period after July 2020. "I'm happy. It's for 10 months but it's a long time. I will go after that and re are or things. I don't kw what's next. Let's see what happens," 47-year-old told reporters after CAB's AGM.

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Sourav Ganguly elected without opposition

Sourav Ganguly's five-member panel and 11 councillors of Apex Council were elected uncontested, while former cricketers Snehasish Ganguly and Gargi Banerjee were appointed as minated members to Apex Council. A CAG representative will become 19th member of Apex Council which will, henceforth, replace previous working committee. Ganguly said with more office-bearers after inclusion of Apex Council, it would become a lot easier. "Earlier re were fewer office bearers to run such a big organisation. w it's good that we will have more office bearers," he said.

CAB last held its 84th AGM in 2015 when Jagmohan Dalmiya was elected upposed for an eighth consecutive term. In next year, AGM could t take place due to exceptional circumstances after Lodha Committee report. refore, CAB cleared backlogs by conducting four AGMs which also passed inclusion of special members, who will pay a fee of Rs 2.5 lakh for a period of five years. CAB plans to induct 1800 special members and raised fund will help in cricket development work of state body.

"y will get all tickets and hospitality privileges. We will buy a whole stand from Kolkata Knight Riders and give it to members. fund will help clear all pending works," Ganguly said. Meanwhile, Dalmiya's son Avishek will become secretary from his joint secretary's post while Debabrata Das will be lone joint secretary. "We thank members for reposing faith on us. We are gl that we can concentrate on cricket henceforth. re are several international matches, including several ICC tournaments, in India. iconic Eden Gardens will once again play a key role in it," Dalmiya said. Debashis Ganguly will become Treasurer. All office bearers have taken charge from Saturday after AGM.

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  Panel

President: Sourav Ganguly; Vice President: Naresh Ojha; Secretary: Avishek Dalmiya; Joint Secretary: Debabrata Das; Treasurer: Debasish Ganguly.

Councillors of Apex Council: Ardhendu Kumar Ghosh, Goutam Goswami, Joydeep Kolay, Mintu Das, Numazar Mehta, Prabir Chakraborty, Rajib Ghosh, Samrat Bhowmick, Sanjoy Dutta, Subrata Saha, Susanta Banerjee. 

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