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After Jagmohan Dalmiya's BCCI Return, it's Advantage
Sourav Ganguly
Jagmohan Dalmiya's return as BCCI president could see Sourav Gangulytaking bigger responsibility in Indian cricket. Will be India's next TeamDirector?
Jagmohan Dalmiya's dramatic return as BCCI president could see a few changes in
Team India's setup. It could also impact the composition of the IPL Governing
Council. The man who is being seen as taking bigger responsibility in Indian cricket
is former Test captain Sourav Ganguly.
Ganguly's career prospered when Dalmiya was at the helm of India cricket. All
Indian cricketers need god-fathers and Ganguly had one in Dalmiya. The
relationship between Dalmiya and Ganguly was more personal and less
professional. Ganguly's father, Chandidas, and Dalmiya have run the Cricket
Association of Bengal for several years together. Both had a common 'guru', former
BCCI president Biswanath Dutt. (Also read: I was not supposed to contest BCCI
elections, says Sharad Pawar)
After a sterling international career, Ganguly's aspiration to give something back to
the game remains sky high. He is one of the most respected cricket commentators
and is a joint secretary of the CAB, whose president is Dalmiya. According to
reports, Dalmiya wanted Ganguly to represent the National Cricket Club in
Monday's AGM in Chennai. Due to a technicality - Ganguly is not a member of NCC
- the former skipper could not attend. (Time to give BCCI a new image, says BCCI
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Time for Sourav Ganguly to give back to the game of cricket?
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Secretary Anurag Thakur)
But that will not stop Dalmiya from bestowing bigger responsibilities to Ganguly. In
the give-and-take game of BCCI politics, Dalmiya knows where and when to make
compromises. Dalmiya's regaining the BCCI top post after being unanimously
booted out in Jaipur in 2006 for financial scandal reflects his mastery over the
numbers (read: votes) game. (BCCI elections: Mission accomplished, says Aditya
Verma after Dalmiya replaces Srinivasan)
By Sunday afternoon, Dalmiya was sitting pretty as the would-be BCCI president.
The unexpected support from Tripura and Assam left Dalmiya with four of the six
votes from East Zone, whose turn it was to nominate a president. N. Srinivasan,
whose dream for another term as Board chief was bolted by the Supreme Court,
ensured Jharkhand and Orissa also fell in line. But nothing comes for free and
Srinivasan extracted his pound of flesh. (Dalmiya scripts a stunning turn of
fortunes)
So what was the deal? Simple.
(i) That Srinivasan will continue as chairman of ICC (ii) All six East Zone units will
back Sanjay Patel as secretary. Patel lost to Anurag Thakur (the BJP MP who was
fielded by the Sharad Pawar group) by the barest of margins but soon after the
elections, the BCCI agreed that Srinivasan will continue to represent BCCI in the all-
powerful ICC Executive Committee as chairman.
This BCCI election is historic for the fact that Dalmiya was waging a lone battle
himself and his executive committee was being virtually decided by two former
presidents - Srinivasan and Pawar. While Dalmiya will preside over a house where
most members are Srinivasan loyalists, the 74-year-old will certainly have a say in
major cricketing decisions and that could happen as early as the Board's first
working committee meeting.
Ganguly is being seen as the new IPL chairman. The former captain was part of the
Supreme Court-appointed probe panel headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal. A man
with a squeaky clean image, Ganguly may replace Ranjib Biswal, who was
successful in staging an incident-free IPL 2014. But changing Biswal, a Srinivasan
loyalist, will not be easy.
Will Ganguly be India's next coach after Duncan Fletcher's contract expires at the
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Jagmohan Dalmiya made a stunning return as BCCI president on Monday.
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end of the World Cup? Or, will the Prince of Kolkata be the next team director after
Ravi Shastri's run ends at the completion of the World Cup?
The probabilities are many and Dalmiya will love to stamp his authority upfront.
Team India, with an abysmal overseas Test record, is on the threshold of a
makeover under new Test captain Virat Kohli. And with Mahendra Singh Dhoni's
ODI career uncertain, Team India will look for a new mentor, who can both inspire
and demonstrate the game's top skills. Can there be a better man than Ganguly?
Story first published on: Monday, 02 March 2015 19:34 IST