Sourav Ganguly takes charge as BCCI President
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly took charge as President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday. Jay Shah, son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, also started his tenure as the new BCCI secretary while Arun Dhumal took charge as treasurer. https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/1186880777243348993?s=20 Dhumal is the younger brother of Minister of State for Finance and former BCCI president Anurag Thakur. No elections were held for these appointments as all the candidates remained unopposed. Sourav Ganguly is the first Indian cricketer to become BCCI president after the Maharaja of Vizianagaram. Also, Read | BCCI reduces life ban of Sreesanth to seven years, ban will now end in August 2020 However, Ganguly will be able to serve as BCCI president only up to September 2020, as he is also president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). Therefore, he will have to go into a compulsory cooling-off period. In 2015, he took over as CAB president following the death of his administrative mentor Jagmohan Dalmiya. -PTC News
