Sourav Ganguly has been chosen unopposed as the new BCCI president. The previous India Captain recorded his selection for the pined for post on Monday at the BCCI central command in Mumbai. He was joined by previous BCCI managers Niranjan Shah and N Srinivasan as he turned into the main contender to record the selection.
This process of election had took a state of bafflement yesterday. Everything was going fine for Srinivasan and Patel till about 9:30 the previous evening (Sunday night) until a couple of individuals said that a similar courteous fellow, as a result of whom the board experienced the disturbance that it has been suffering for as long as couple of years, or his intermediary can’t be brought back. Which is when Anurag Thakur recommended Sourav Ganguly’s name. He got the support from the North-Eastern just as the Western states.
Be that as it may, this was not an off the cuff choice. Ganguly, two evenings back, is said to have met an incredible association serve and examined the circumstance and Anurag Thakur was simply taking that arrangement forward when he proposed Ganguly’s name.
Second Indian Cricketer in the history
There was only one case before when former Indian cricketer was made BBCI chief. Just once before had an India cricketer accomplished the uncommon twofold. Maharaja of Vizianagaram, who drove India in a Test visit to England in 1936. Regardless of playing just 3 Test matches for India, the Maharaja of Vizianagaram a.k.a Vizzy filled in as BCCI president somewhere in the range of 1954 and 1956. Strikingly, previous India chief Sunil Gavaskar and Shivlal Yadav have likewise filled in as between time BCCI presidents in 2014.
The BCCI decisions were booked to be hung on October 23 however with Sourav Ganguly being the main possibility to record his designation for the top post of Indian cricket, he is set to be chosen unopposed. An agreement between the state units of BCCI was worked during an informal gathering a week ago. Ganguly was consistently acknowledged as the presidential applicant by the agents of the state units.
Sourav Ganguly, nonetheless, will have the option to fill in as BCCI president just until September 2020 because of the chilling time frame. He has been holding posts in Cricket Association of Bengal for as far back as five years where he at present fills in as president and a chairman can just serve six years on the run. Ganguly said he was anticipating assuming control over the top occupation and “accomplish something” to address the hampered picture of BCCI.
“I am content with the arrangement since this is the point at which BCCI’s picture has hampered and it’s an extraordinary open door for me to accomplish something,” Ganguly revealed to India on Sunday. Until further notice, Ganguly’s stretch may be for 10 months following which the three-year chilling period will start according to the standards set by the Lodha Committee. Ganguly has been in organization with the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) for as far back as five years and as per Lodha Committee suggestions, a director can serve for a long time on the run. For more cricket update today.
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