'Will move on': Sourav Ganguly on if his tenure as the BCCI President is not extended

Sourav Ganguly has said that he will move on if his term as Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President is t extended. Sourav was appointed as President of national cricket board in October 2019  and as per reports his term ends in September 2020 after which he will have to go into a compulsory cooling-off period. At same time, Ganguly is also reigning President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). He was appointed as CAB President in 2015. Meanwhile, it was also under his reign as BCCI President that India had hosted ir first-ever Day/Night  Test match at iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata (vemeber 2019).

'I don't kw wher...': Sourav Ganguly

“This is unreal. For 4 months we haven’t been to office in Mumbai. This is my 7th or 8th month as BCCI president out of which 4 months have been taken away by COVID.

“So we have been working on video conferencing but that’s what it is. I can’t change it. I have to accept it and try and do best I can in this situation", said Ganguly while interacting on latest episode of India Today Inspiration.

“I don’t kw wher we will get an extension or t. If we don’t, we don’t, I move on to something else. At moment, last 8 months as BCCI president, 4 months I have been sitting at home,” former Indian skipper added.

 

How Ganguly took Indian Cricket to greater heights as a captain

Ganguly is one of best captains in history of Indian Cricket. Under his captaincy reign that had lasted for half-a-decade, Indian team had reached greater heights in world cricket and also succeeded in registering many wins overseas especially in red-ball cricket. 'Dada' was also lauded by many experts of that time for his brave captaincy.

southpaw was handed over captaincy in 2000 when Indian Cricket was in turmoil after that infamous match-fixing scandal broke out that included star cricketers Ajay Jadeja and former skipper Mohammad Azharuddin. Under Dada's captaincy, India had reached finals of ICC Kckout Trophy 2000, won Natwest tri-series in England by beating hosts in final that was led by Nasser Hussain, joint-winners of ICC Champions Trophy 2002 along with Sri Lanka, runners-up in 2003 World Cup, drawing Test series in Australia in 2003/04 and registering a historic ODI as well as Test series win against arch-rivals Pakistan in Pakistan, etc.

Sourav's captaincy ended in 2005 after his fallout with former Australian cricketer/captain-turned coach Greg Chappell.

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(Im Courtesy: AP)