Former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly has been elected as the new chairman of BCCI. He will take charge of the board from October 23 with his new team. While Sourav Ganguly became the BCCI President, there has been a wave of happiness among his fans, while former and current cricketers have also congratulated him on social media.
Team India veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh also tweeted and congratulated Dada, after which Ganguly sought help from Harbhajan. It may be a possibility that Ganguly is willing to give a big responsibility to Bhajji in the coming days.
“Thank u bhajju …need your support in the same manner as u bowled from one end for India to win matches,” Ganguly replied to Harbhajan’s tweet.
Thank u bhajju …need your support in the same manner as u bowled from one end for india to win matches ..
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) October 16, 2019
After filling the nomination, Ganguly said that he would be in the position from where he could take steps of change for the betterment of Indian team and cricket, and hoped that positive changes would be made in Indian cricket for the next few months.
The Prince of Kolkata feels that he will concentrate on the revenue generation because ICC has not given the deserving revenue to BCCI in last three or four years. “We haven’t received any money from ICC in the last few years. Money in the sense what we deserve. India generates 70-80 per cent of its revenue. So that’s going on to the agenda. Talks and discussions need to happen and we have to find a solution to this as this is not leading anywhere,” Ganguly said as quoted by Hindustan Times.
According to Lodha committee, an individual can only serve for six years in any cricket body of India. Ganguly has allready served for over five years as Cricket Association of Bengal President and he can only serve as BCCI President for 10-12 months.
