Yuvraj Singh wishes Sourav Ganguly on his election as BCCI President

Yuvraj Singh tweeted on Friday to congratulate former captain Sourav Ganguly for his election as president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Singh tweeted, "Greater man greatest journey! Frm IndianCaptain to @BCCI president. Think it will b a gr8 insight 4 a cricketer to be an ministrator & make ors understand min frm a players point of view Wish u were d president while d yoyo was in demand good luck di @SGanguly99."

Sourav Ganguly's election

This has come after five days of Sourav Ganguly's election to top post of world's richest cricket body. decision after a marathon 5-hour long meeting of key BCCI stakeholders including likes of Union Minister of State Anurag Thakur and ex-BCCI boss N Srinivasan. Ganguly was unanimously elected after last-minute parleys between various factions. He will formally take over from CK Khanna in BCCI’s annual general meeting on October 23.

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Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar h on Tuesday congratulated Sourav Ganguly on his unanimous election to post of BCCI president. former batsmen took to Twitter and extended his best wishes 'to new team that will take charge'.

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During his playing days, Sourav Ganguly, who is nicknamed as 'Da' was arguably one of best and finest captains in history of Indian cricket having scored 11,363 runs in 311 One-Day internationals at an aver of 41.02 and nearly helping India win 2003 World Cup. His election was widely welcomed by different sections of media, cricket and politics.

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