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Sourav Ganguly Refuses IPL Chairmanship, Had Expressed Interest To Continue As BCCI President: Report


Chairman of BCCI Sourav Ganguly, who arrived in Mumbai on Monday evening, had numerous meetings with the stakeholders of the national cricket organization in New Delhi, last week. The former captain of India wanted to continue as Chairman of the BCCI but he was told that there was no prerogative to award a second term to the chairman of the Board of Directors. “Sourav was offered to chair the IPL but he politely declined the offer. His logic is that he cannot accept to be the head of a subcommittee in BCCI after leading the same organization. . He has expressed a desire to continue in this position,” the BCCI source said.

Arun Singh Dhumal, now treasurer, is likely to become IPL president. In Dhumal’s case, the decision-makers waited for Ganguly to accept the invitation to be the president of the IPL and once he declined, they promoted the Himachal man who is known to be one of the activists. most effective in the most recent BCCI cabinet.

With Ganguly leaving the picture, representing the East will always be the calling of Assam CM Biswa Sarma as he played an important role even last time.

The names of the members of the BCCI Apex Board and the IPL Board of Directors will be known when the final list will be published in the next few days.

India’s 1983 World Cup winner Roger Binny is likely to replace Sourav Ganguly as BCCI Chairman when the Board of Directors will hold its AGM on October 18, sources in the cricket body said today. Tuesday. After heated debates and discussions on the channel over the past week, it has been decided that the 67-year-old from Bengaluru will be the 36th Council president, one of the sources familiar with the matter said. development, said.

Jay Shah, son of Union Home Secretary, Amit Shah, is likely to continue as BCCI Secretary for a second consecutive term. Shah is also expected to replace Ganguly as India’s representative at the powerful ICC Council.

“An influential minister in the central government plays a key role in deciding positions on the Founding Council,” a BCCI source told PTI.

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However, Binny was an unexpected choice to top the BCCI. However, suggestions were dropped that his name would go up for some positions when the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) appointed him as its representative at BCCI AGM instead of Santosh Menon secretary. .

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