Ironic that icon skipper is questioned so often
Updated On: 19 October, 2022 07:54 AM IST | Kolkata | Arup Chatterjee
Most believe, and with good reason, that Ganguly’s falling out of favour with the Board has a lot to do with BJP’s growing impatience after failing to have him join them
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Sourav Ganguly arrives for the BCCI AGM at a city hotel yesterday. Pic/PTI
His playing days may have made for an engaging roller-coaster ride, but Sourav Ganguly’s aspirations as a cricket administrator took a body blow when the BCCI denied him another term at its helm. Mamata Banerjee joined the chorus of protesting voices here on Monday, complete with a “request” to the prime minister to “allow” Ganguly to contest the ICC elections.
While the chief minister’s appeal to Narendra Modi may seem out of context considering the cricket board’s status as an independent sports body, it is common knowledge that the ruling party at the Centre has almost always called the shots at BCCI elections. Ganguly will be well aware of this, and so should those that are batting for him. At Tuesday’s AGM in Mumbai, the panel with Roger Binny as president was duly installed. Perhaps more significantly, indications are that the BCCI will support New Zealand’s Greg Barclay for another term as ICC president.
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