Sourav Ganguly comments on his removal as Indian Cricket Board president
Sourav Ganguly (Source: Twitter)
The Indian Cricket Board is all set to get a new president as Sourav Ganguly is likely to be replaced by Roger Binny. According to reports, Ganguly wanted to continue as the president but didn’t get the backing he wanted from other board members. The former Indian captain is yet to make an official statement on the matter but he has confirmed that he will ‘move on to something else’.
Speaking at a Bandhan Bank event, Ganguly confirmed that he has been an administrator for a long time and is now looking to move on to something else.
“I have been an administrator and I will move on to something else,” he said at the event. “Whatever you do in life the best days are when you played for India. I have been president of the Indian Cricket Board and I will go on to do bigger things. You can’t be a player forever, you can’t be an administrator forever. It’s been great doing both”
“I never believed in history but the feeling in the past was east lacked the talent to play at that level. You don’t become an Ambani or Narendra Modi in one day. You have to work for months and years to get there,” he further said.
Ganguly also opened up on his experience of leading the Indian team as captain.
“It was six captains leading the team. I stood up for Rahul when he was almost dropped from the one-day side. I took their suggestions in picking the team. These things don’t go unnoticed in a team environment,” he said.
“It’s not just the runs I scored. People remember other things. It’s what you do as a leader for them,” said the outgoing Indian Cricket Board chief.
Binny has already filed his nomination papers and is likely to be elected unopposed. While Ganguly is on his way out as the Indian Cricket Board president, Jay Shah will continue to remain the board’s secretary. A few other changes in the Indian Cricket Board are also expected as it goes under a major reshuffle.
