BCCI President

Amid the exit of Sourav Ganguly as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President started blame game between the BJP and the TMC. While the ruling TMC has linked Ganguly’s exit from the BCCI amid “refusal” to join the BJP, the saffron party leader Locket Chatterjee hit back saying, there is no truth in such allegations and confirmed Ganguly's exit has nothing to do with BJP.

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly called Rohit Sharma a "laid-back captain" saying, Mumbaikar should be given some time to produce results. He praised Sharma, who was calm despite workload management, COVID and injury concerns. He said, India has seen as many as seven captains leading the team at various stages since the 35-year-old Rohit took over from Virat Kohli as full-time skipper across formats, saying everyone has their way of handling.… read-more

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly clarified the recent dinner host of Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, dismissing rumors of political agenda. On May 7, Sourav Ganguly's wife Dona Ganguly said, there were no political discussions over the dinner at Ganguly's residence. Furthermore, She said, "Shah’s wife had hosted us several times and this time we had called him for dinner". In addition, Sourav said he is close to Mamata Banerjee.

Sourav Ganguly, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI), recovered from COVID-19 and was released from Kolkata's Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital, on December 31. Ganguly was tested positive for the virus on December 27. Meanwhile, he received monoclonal anti-body cocktail therapy and also maintained oxygen saturation of 99%, reported ANI citing the sources from the hospital.