What can we expect from new BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly?
In the year 2000, Sourav
Ganguly was handed the reins of the Indian cricket team due to the match-fixing
scandals by other players and the resignation of Sachin Tendulkar from the post
due to his poor health. Ganguly went on to take the Indian team to new heights,
the highlight being the 2003 World Cup when India reached a World Cup final
after 2 decades. 19 years later, Sourav Ganguly is again at the position of
responsibility with great challenges and in the center of cricket news, this time as the President of
the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Ganguly will be the first president
of the BCCI since the Lodha Committee reforms were implemented.
After retiring from
international cricket in 2008, Ganguly played in IPL till 2012. In the last
seven years, Sourav Ganguly has been part of various organizations related to
cricket He’s the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal - a post he
will most likely hand over to Avishek Dalmiya. Ganguly is also the President of
the Editorial Board with Wisden India. Ganguly is a member of the Technical
Committee, Indian Premier League. Sourav Ganguly is also one of the four
members of the Indian Premier League’s Governing Council. He was appointed at
this position by the Supreme Court in 2016. Ganguly has also been the chairman
of the Cricket Association of Bengal’s Cricket Development Committee.
The BCCI President elections
were scheduled to be held on October 23, but as Ganguly was the lone candidate
applying for the job, he was elected unopposed as the President. Ganguly will
assume office on October 23, along with his team consisting of Jay Shah and
others. Provided that Ganguly’s cooling-off period will begin as mentioned in
the Lodha Committee recommendations, he, for the time being, is supposed to
serve on the post for ten months. He will become only the second Indian
cricketer to serve as the president of the BCCI. Maharaja of Vizianagaram was
the first cricketer to be the BCCI president, a post which he served between
1954 and 1956. Some other cricketers like Suni Gavaskar and Shivlal Yadav have
served as the interim BCCI President.
Sharing
his vision, Ganguly said that First-Class cricket will remain his priority.
Given that there are close to 200 matches every year in the Indian domestic
cricket circuit, it is natural to have this as the top priority. Ganguly also
spoke of getting India its fair share and representation at the International
Cricket Council. Tackling conflict of interest and repairing BCCI’s tarnished
image is also high in Saurav Ganguly’s agenda. Ganguly said that in the next
few months, everything will be put in place and normalcy will be brought in
Indian cricket again. There is no doubt in the fact that Ganguly is focused
BCCI to the top just like the India cricket team, which is playing nothing less
than a Dream11 team.
.jpg)
Great blog, I didn't know about this information. Thank you.
https://primecaptain.com/