'Bengal Tiger' is Back: Sourav Ganguly to be Appointed as BCCI Chairman

New Delhi, October 14, 2019:

Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly is all set to take over the position as the new BCCI president during the Board AGM on October 23 at Mumbai.

Meanwhile, Brijesh Patel is most likely to be chosen for the post of IPL chairman.

The BCCI was put under the CoA rule by the Supreme Court.

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The Bengal Tiger made his debut in an ODI against the West Indies in 1992 at Brisbane and was out for three. Ganguly was dropped from the team calling him arrogant and finally got selected for the tour of England in 1996.

In 2000, India faced the dark-age as several cricketers were caught in the fire of match-fixing. India needed a strong leader and the BCCI made Sourav Ganguly the captain, which paid off well. The left-hander groomed some talented youngsters like Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Zaheer Khan, MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina making India a strong force in international cricket.

Ganguly brought former Australian captain and Greg Chappell to coach India after the successful tenure of John Wright.

Ganguly was recalled and had a prolific 2007, scoring 1106 Test runs at 61.44 with three 100s and four 50s and had also scored his maiden double 100 in Test cricket. He made 1240 runs at 44.28 in ODIs. In 2008, Ganguly announced his retirement ahead of the home series against Australia.

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In his final series, Ganguly made 324 runs at 54. But he continued in the IPL with Kolkata Knight Riders and Pune Warriors for a couple of more seasons.

His final retirement from IPL was in 2012.

Ganguly was the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal and was re-elected in 2018. He was also part of the Justice Mudgal Committee that was formed to probe the IPL spot-fixing scandal in 2013.

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