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Currently, Sourav Ganguly’s elder brother Snehashish Ganguly is the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal.
Former captain of the Indian team and former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly may again become the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). He has enrolled for the post of President of CAB. No other candidate has filed nomination against him. In such a situation, it is expected that he will replace his elder brother Snehashish Ganguly in the CAB election to be held on 22 September.
Everyone part of this association- Ganguly Ganguly said in a statement on Sunday, “I want to thank for everyone’s support.” There is no opposition in Cab. Everyone is part of this association. Together we will take Cab and Bengal cricket forward. In the upcoming season, Eden Gardens have to host a Test match against South Africa, Mains T20 World Cup and Bengal Pro T20 League. I will try my best to host it successfully.
Sourav Ganguly’s cricket career was around 16 years. He had previously been the CAB President from 2015 to 2019.
He was the President of BCCI from 2019 to 2022 Even before this, Ganguly has been the CAB president from 2015 to 2019. After this he was the BCCI President from 2019 to 2022. Since then, he has been associated with several teams in the T20 franchise circuit. He became the chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee in 2021. He was appointed to the post in place of Anil Kumble.
Ganguly was also part of the coach -choosing committee. In 2017, Ganguly was a member of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) to choose Ravi Shastri as head coach, including Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman.
Recently, the head coach of Pretoria Capitals has been made for the fourth season of Ganguly SA20. He was also present at the SA20 auction last week. This is his first term as the head coach of a T20 franchise team. However, he has also been a Mentor of Delhi Capitals (DC) in IPL.
Ganguly’s cricket career was about 16 years old Ganguly made his ODI debut against the West Indies in 1992 and made a brilliant innings of 131 runs in 1996, making a Test debut at the Lord’s ground. Ganguly scored 7,212 runs in 113 Tests in his international career and 11,363 runs in 311 ODIs. He scored 16 centuries in Tests and 22 centuries in ODIs. His best score in ODI was 183 runs, which he made against Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup.
He became the captain of India in the year 2000. Under Ganguly’s captaincy, India won several historical Test matches abroad and traveled to the 2003 World Cup final. Won the NatWest Trophy at Lord’s in 2002. He retired from international cricket in 2008.