Former Indian cricketer and current BCCI President Sourav Ganguly is set to end his innings with the BCCI. As per the reports doing rounds, Ganguly will not contest in the BCCI elections on October 18th. He is being tipped to be India’s representative for the International Cricket Council Chairman post.
Well, as per a report by Dainik Jagran, a meeting of top BCCI officials took place on Thursday. Apart from the current office bearers, several veteran officials were also present in the meeting, including vice president Rajeev Shukla and former BCCI president N Srinivasan. The report further revealed that in the meeting it was decided that Ganguly would walk away once his current tenure ended later this month, while the current secretary Jay Shah would continue in his role and should contest the election for the same post once again.
Now the big question is if not Sourav Ganguly then who? Who will take control of the world’s richest cricket board? Well, two names have come forward to take Ganguly’s place in the BCCI administration. The first candidate is former India all-rounder and former selector Roger Binny, while the second candidate is the current former BCCI treasurer and current vice-president Rajeev Shukla.
Roger Binny and Rajeev Shukla are among the 35 names listed for the elections. Here is the complete list of BCCI Electoral Rolls/State Representatives:
- Andhra Cricket Association: P. Sarath Chandra Reddy
- Arunachal Cricket Association: Nabam Vivek
- Assam Cricket Association: Devajit Saikia
- Baroda Cricket Association: Pranav Amin
- Bihar Cricket Association: Rakesh Kumar Tiwary
- Chhattisgarh State Cricket: Sangh Prabhtej Singh Bhatia
- Cricket Association of Mizoram: M Khairul Jamal Majumdar
- Cricket Association of Pondicherry: P Damodaran
- Cricket Association of Uttarakhand: Mahim Verma
- Delhi & District Cricket Association: Rohan Jaitley
- Goa Cricket Association: Suraj L Lotlikar
- Gujarat Cricket Association: Jay Shah
- Haryana Cricket Association: Anirudh Chaudhary
- Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association: Arun Singh Dhumal
- Hyderabad Cricket Association: Mohammed Azharuddin
- Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association: Anil Gupta
- Jharkhand Cricket Association: Debashish Chakraborty
- Karnataka State Cricket Association: Roger Michael Binny
- Kerala Cricket Association: Jayesh George
- Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association: Abhilash Khandekar
- Maharashtra Cricket Association: Bagban Riyaz
- Manipur Cricket Association: Rajkumar Imo Singh
- Meghalaya Cricket Association: Gideon L Kharkongor
- Mumbai Cricket Association: Ashish Babaji Shelar
- Nagaland Cricket Association: Kechangulie Rio
- Odisha Cricket Association: Sanjay Behera
- Punjab Cricket Association: Gulzarinder Singh Chahal
- Rajasthan Cricket Association: Vaibhav Gehlot
- Saurashtra Cricket Association: Jaydev Niranjan Shah
- Sikkim Cricket Association Lobzang G. Tenzing
- Tamil Nadu Cricket Association: RS Ramasaamy
- The Cricket Association of Bengal: Sourav Ganguly
- Tripura Cricket Association: Tapan Lodh
- Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association: Rajeev Shukla
- Vidarbha Cricket Association: Adwait Manohar
Meanwhile, social media has been buzzing with reactions from fans on the news of Sourav Ganguly leaving the BCCI office. While there are many who are hailing the legacy of the former captain, on the other hand, there were many who came up with hilarious reactions to it.
Check out the hilarious reactions we found on Twitter:
That would mean Sourav Ganguly’s reign as BCCI president will end up being longer than his reign as Indian captain right? https://t.co/alJwxUGhw4
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) September 14, 2022
Scenes at BCCI office on 18th October #SouravGanguly pic.twitter.com/RR5Ohqk7WJ
— D Jay (@djaywalebabu) October 7, 2022
Sourav Ganguly while bidding good bye to Jay Shah and his colleagues at BCCI https://t.co/Z0G612a5FC pic.twitter.com/z2eiGseYsK
— Arnav Singh (@Arnavv43) October 7, 2022
Sourav Ganguly will no longer be a part of the BCCI.
What about Jay Shah? pic.twitter.com/CPKoiYGcD9
— Subhamoy Banerjee (@Subham2021) October 7, 2022
