Sourav Ganguly Took over as BCCI President Assures Corruption Free, Transparent BCCI
The former captain and who acted as the president CAB till recently also said Virat Kohli is the most important man in the Indian cricket and said he will speak to him and support him in all possible way.
Sourav Ganguly, on Wednesday, took over the charge as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Soon after, he assured corruption free, equal for all, transparent BCCI to make India, the best team in the world.
The 47-year-old former captain and who acted as the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) till recently also said Virat Kohli is the most important man in the Indian cricket and said he will speak to him and support him in all possible way.
Speaking at the press conference Ganguly said, “I will speak to him tomorrow. He is the most important man in the Indian cricket now, as the captain of India. I look it at that way. So we will have a word with him and as I said we will support him in every possible way, we want to make this team the best in the world”.
Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, team India has registered their 11th consecutive Test series win at home recently, defeating South Africa 3-0 in a three-match Test series. Ganguly also added, “To be honest it has been a great team with the way they have played in the last three to four years”.
He also brushed aside the requirement for the dual captaincy in Team India, saying, “I don’t think this question arises. India is winning at the moment and they are probably the best team in the world”.
Sourav Ganguly also assured that he will lead the Indian cricket board the same way he led the Team India, as he said, “There will be no compromise on the credibility. It will be a corruption-free and same-for-all BCCI, just as I led India”.
Popularly known as Maharaja in Bengal, Ganguly become the first India cricketer after the Maharaja of Vijaynagaram, who also becomes the President of the BCCI.
The former India captain cited the examples of former BCCI Presidents Jagmohan Dalmiya and N Srinivasan and said how they supported him during his captaincy. As he said, “Our focus is to make the life of cricketer easier. When I was the captain of the Indian team and Jagmohan Dalmiya was the president of BCCI, I don’t remember a moment that we asked for something and were ever refused”.
He also added, “Virat is the captain of the team now and we will certainly have the same relations. Whatever he needs to help the team India play well, we will provide that to him. Kohli has already taken the team to a new level. We have been with him and we will be with him”.
Sourav Ganguly became the 39th President of BCCI for a period of nine-months after getting elected unopposed.