Sourav Ganguly opens up about his chances of becoming next BCCI president.
A day after the apex court of the country issued a historic order by sacking Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke as BCCI president and secretary respectively for not implementing Lodha recommendations, former India captain and current Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly decided to play it safe amidst speculations that he can become the next BCCI chief.
"It's too early (to draw any conclusion). It's better not to take my name. There is no reason to take my name," Ganguly was quoted saying.
The former Indian captain's odds of bagging the top spot have risen since he was present at BCCI's two Annual General Meetings - one of the criterions needed to be the head. Also, since anyone from the state associations can be nominated for the post, Ganguly's popularity will surely work for him.
The left-handed batsman's name, for the post of BCCI president, has been doing the rounds since over a year now. He was also a member of the Justice Mukul Mudgal committee that probed the Indian Premier League betting and spot-fixing scandal back in 2013.
Other than Ganguly, the names that are being talked about are TC Matthew (vice-president, West Zone), Gautam Roy (vice-president, East Zone) and CK Khanna (vice-president, Central Zone), who is also the most senior official in the BCCI as of now.
Legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar also backed Ganguly to take over as interim president of BCCI. Asked to name a person who he thinks was suitable to take up the job of BCCI president on interim basis, Gavaskar said, "BCCI has got very good bench strength to take up the bigger rolls and one name that comes to my mind is Sourav Ganguly. Remember, in 1999-2000 when Indian cricket was gripped by the match fixing saga, Ganguly was given the Indian team captaincy and he turned it around."
Ganguly, who is currently the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president said nobody has got any choice but to implement the Lodha Committee recommendations in toto. "We have got no choice. Nobody has a choice but to implement them," said Ganguly. "I still have two more years in the position (CAB president). The recommendations have put a cap of three years for one post."
The court said it would choose the administrators for the BCCI in two weeks from people with with "integrity and experience in managing a similar enterprise" suggested by senior advocates Anil Divan and amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium.
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