- Sunday, March 09, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
The end of the term of Sourav Ganguly, a former India captain, as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has now seen involvement of the chief minister of the eastern state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, who on Monday (17) came out in support of the cricketer-turned-administrator and appealed to prime minister Narendra Modi to send him to the International Cricket Council (ICC).
In a video that went viral, Banerjee said, “For some reason, Amit Shah’s son continues on the Indian cricket board (BCCI) but Sourav Ganguly has been removed. What is the intention? We want to know.”
Ganguly, who hails from Bengal, was appointed as the chief of the BCCI in November 2019 while Jay Shah, the son of Indian home minister Amit Shah, became the secretary around the same time and would continue to hold the same post.
#BreakingNews#Bengal CM @MamataOfficial bats for @SGanguly99, asks why is Jay Shah still in #BCCI while #SouravGanguly has been removed
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Banerjee, who is known to be a fierce opponent to Modi, Shah, and their Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said the only way Ganguly could be compensated for his “removal” was by sending him to the ICC.
She appealed to Modi to ensure that the former India captain was sent to the ICC.
“He is being deprived. We are proud of him,” Banerjee, supremo of Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, said.
Ganguly, who is set to be replaced by former India all-rounder Roger Binny at the BCCI’s annual general meeting on Tuesday (18), is reportedly eyeing the president’s post in the Cricket Association of Bengal, the board of his home state.
