Dada of cricket Saurav Ganguly to be appointed as the new president of BCCI
By Line: Shivendra Pandey
Former all-rounder and captain Saurav Ganguly to be appointed as the new president of BCCI. Today, he’ll file his nominations for the presidential post at the largest cricket controlling body i.e. BCCI head office.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah will be the new secretary while Arun Dhumal will be the new treasurer. Dhumal is the younger brother of MoS Finance and former BCCI president Anurag Thakur.
Before Dada, Brijesh Patel, backed by Tamil Nadu strongman N Srinivasan, had emerged as the Presidential candidate when Ganguly remained non-committal on campaigning for the BJP in the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections.