Reports | BCCI eyeing Sourav Ganguly for President's post

The former Indian captain has been the administrator of the BCCI for four years now. Ganguly has also been a part of BCCI’s technical committee, cricket advisory committee, and IPL governing council. Most of the current and past administrators are ineligible for the post because of the cooling-off period, but not Ganguly, who is into his third term as president of the Cricket Association of Bengal. Hence, Ganguly is eligible to participate in the BCCI elections without taking a cooling-off break provided that he resigns from his CAB post. 

Sourav Ganguly could become the next president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, according to reports, after the Supreme Court set aside some of the recommendations of the Justice RM Lodha Committee and approved a new draft constitution with some changes.

As per the newly approved BCCI constitution, there won’t be a zonal rotation policy for the post of president. Any representative from any state association can nominate a candidate, but it has to be seconded by someone else.

However, if Ganguly becomes BCCI president, he would have to give up the post after two years because he would be completing a cumulative period of six years. Reports also say that Ganguly will only enter the election if there are no opponents.