Former captain of the Indian cricket team Sourav Ganguly has been elected president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). He was in this post till 2019, after 6 years he has been appointed to this post again. Ganguly also held the post of President of BCCI from 2019 to 2022. After becoming CAB President, he said to increase the capacity of Eden Gardens Stadium to 1 lakh on Monday. He also included the hosting of important matches of the T20 World Cup in his priorities.

Sourav Ganguly was elected unopposed the next president at the 94th annual general meeting of the Cricket Association of Bengal on Monday. He has been the CAB President from 2015 to 2019, he left the post before becoming BCCI President. After which Aishtek Dalmiya became the new president.

Sourav Ganguly again became president

Ganguly has promised that the return of Test cricket at Eden Gardens will ensure smoothly. Let us know that in October, Bengal team will play 2 matches of Ranji Trophy with Uttarakhand and Gujarat. Tests will be played between India and South Africa here in November.

After being appointed to the post, Ganguly said that his first responsibility will have to be prepared for India vs South Africa Test. After the pink ball test against Bangladesh in 2019, there will be the first Test here. The day and night test started with a pink ball in India while holding the post of president of Sourav Ganguly.

Ganguly said, “This will be a good test, because South Africa has recently become the World Test Champion by defeating Australia in the final. Everything exists in the Eden Gardens Stadium. Good pitches, good fans and infrastructure are also good. Both India and South Africa are good teams, so I am sure that it will be a good test.”

Ganguly will represent Cab in BCCI meeting

Sourav Ganguly told that he will be discussed soon with the new team members of BCCI. Ganguly said, “I will talk to the BCCI. They are not even members. I wish the new BCCI president.

The annual general meeting of BCCI will be held on 28 September. Ganguly will represent CAB in this. On increasing the capacity of Eden Gardens Stadium, Ganguly said that it will be only after next year’s T20 World Cup. it will take time.

Who will be the next president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)? This question is once again in the discussion because an important meeting is to be held in Delhi before the BCCI’s Annual General Meeting (BCCI AGM 2025). It is expected that it will be clear who will take over the responsibility of the post of President of BCCI.

Before the annual general meeting, an important meeting is to be held in Delhi on Saturday, 20 September. This meeting will be held at the residence of Home Minister Amit Shah. Of course, it is expected that the name of the next president of BCCI will be decided in it, but the final decision will be officially in the AGM meeting itself. New selectors will also be decided in the AGM meeting.

Please tell that after the end of Roger Binny’s tenure, this post is vacant. Binny had to step down due to completion of 70 years of age. Binny became the BCCI President in October 2022. The maximum age of the Speaker in the BCCI constitution is 70 years.

When will BCCI AGM meet?

The annual general meeting of the BCCI will be held on Sunday, September 28.

Where will BCCI’s AGM meeting be?

The BCCI’s annual general meeting will be held at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai.

AGM will also have new selectors fixed

The BCCI has also started the interview process for national selectors. Members of the Interview Cricket Advisory Committee, Ashok Malhotra and Jatin Paranjpe are taking. 7 new selectors will be selected from this process. Ajit Agarkar -led Men’s Selection Committee, 2 in Mahila Samiti and 1 new selector in Junior Committee will begin after the Annual General Meeting on 28 September.

BCCI President’s claimant

The name of former president and former captain Sourav Ganguly is also under discussion. Apart from him, former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, former Test cricketer Raghuram Bhatt and former wicket -keeper Kiran More are also in discussion.

BCCI President List

• R. E. Grant Govan- 1928-1933
• Alexander Hayat Khan- 1933-1935
• Nawab Hamidullah Khan- 1935-1937
• Maharaja K. S. Digvijay Singh- 1937-1938
• P. Subbarayan- 1938-1946
• Anthony S. De Melo- 1946-1951
• J. C. Mukherjee- 1951-1954
• Maharaj Kumar of Vijayanagaram- 1954-1956
• Sardar Surjit Singh Majithia- 1956-1958
• R. Of. Patel- 1958-1960
• MA. Chidambaram- 1960-1963
• Maharaja Fatehsinh Rao Gaikwad- 1963-1966
• Z R. Irani- 1966-1969
• N. Ghosh- 1969-1972
• P. M. Rungta- 1972-1975
• Ramprakash Mehra- 1975-1977
• M. Chinnaswamy- 1977-1980
• S. Of. Wankhede- 1980-1982
• N. Of. P. Salve- 1982-1985
• S. Sriraman- 1985–1988
• B. N. Dutt- 1988-1990
• Madhavrao Scindia- 1990-1993
• IS Bindra- 1993-1996
• Raj Singh Dungarpur- 1996-1999
• A. C. Muttiah- 1999-2001
• Jagmohan Dalmia- 2001-2004
• Ranbir Singh Mahendra- 2004-2005
• Sharad Pawar- 2005-2008
• Shashank Manohar- 2008-2011
• N. Srinivasan- 2011-2013
• Jagmohan Dalmia- 2013-2013
• N. Srinivasan- 2013-2014
• Shivlal Yadav- 2014-2014
• Sunil Gavaskar- 2014-2014
• Jagmohan Dalmia- 2015-2015
• Shashank Manohar- 2015-2016
• Anurag Thakur- 2016-2017
• C.K. Khanna- 2017-2019
• Sourav Ganguly- 2019-2022
• Roger Binny- 2022-2025

Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh can get a big post in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The annual general meeting of BCCI (BCCI AGM 2025) is going to be held on 28 September, for which the Punjab Cricket Association has declared Harbhajan Singh as its representative. According to The Indian Express, Harbhajan Singh will be part of this meeting. Earlier, the Cricket Association of Bengal, Sourav Ganguly has been declared its representative. September 28 is the day when BCCI elections are to be held, in which a new appointment to the post of president is also to be done.

Harbhajan Singh was earlier appointed as an advisor to the Punjab Cricket Association. This will be the first time that he will be seen as a representative of the State Cricket Association. Notices have been sent to all state cricket associations that the last date to declare their respective representatives will be September 12.

At the same time, the Election Officer has extended the last date to apply from September 20 to September 21. If a candidate wants, he can withdraw his name by 23 September and the elections will be held on 28 September. The final of the Asia Cup 2025 is also to be played on the same day. In the meeting to be held on September 28, a decision is to be taken on the posts of Chairman, Vice President, Secretary, Joint Secretary and Treasurer.

Karnataka State Cricket Association has made Raghuram Bhatt, Mumbai Cricket Association its representative. Former IPL chairman Arun Singh Dhumal from Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association and Rajiv Shukla from Uttar Pradesh will be present in this annual general meeting.

Recently, former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s name was being linked to the post of BCCI President. Those speculations had gained a lot of vigor that Sachin could be elected the next BCCI President, but recently his company ‘SRT Support Management’ made it clear that there has been no discussion about Sachin Tendulkar getting the post of BCCI President and all this is a lie.

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be held on September 28, on the same day there will be a new appointment for the posts of Chairman, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Joint Secretary. According to a report by the Times of India, the current BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia has sent the message of the 94th annual meeting to all the state cricket associations. This meeting will be held in Mumbai -based BCCI headquarters. Board President Roger Binny has been over 70, so he has to leave the post of president.

Devjit Saikia gave a message to all the state cricket associations and wrote in his statement, “Notices are issued to all that the 94th annual meeting will be held on 28 September in the headquarters of BCCI in Mumbai.” Everyone has been urged to be present in this meeting. “

Let me tell you that the final of the Asia Cup 2025 is to be played in Dubai on 28 September itself. This means that no high official of BCCI will be able to reach the final match live. In this meeting, a decision has to be taken on the post of BCCI President, which is currently lying vacant. On the other hand, the 6-year term of IPL chairman Arun Singh Dhumal has been completed, due to which he can go to a 3-year compulsory cool-off period.

Devjit Saikia is almost certain to continue to be the secretary, who took over the post of secretary after Jai Shah’s resignation. Prabhtej Bhatia and Rohan Desai are also likely to continue in their respective positions. It is reported that Anirudh Chaudhary can replace him as an IPL chairman after Arun Dhumal went on a break.

Which posts will be appointed in elections

By the way, most of the officers can remain in their respective positions. But in the 94th annual meeting, appointment is to be made to the post of Chairman, Vice President, Secretary, Joint Secretary and Treasurer.

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