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

Bcci President after Roger Binny 2025: Roger Binny is the President of BCCI since 2022, but his term is about to end soon. He will retire on 19, July. Actually, on this day he will turn 70 years old and all the BCCI officials have to step down after the age of 70. It has now been revealed who can be the next president of BCCI.

Who will be the new president of BCCI?

Sources have been quoted as saying that BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla can take over the post. He can be made Executive Chairman. “After Roger Binny’s term ends on July 19, Rajiv Shukla can be made the Executive Chairman of BCCI,” the source said.

Former journalist and Rajya Sabha MP Rajiv Shukla has been associated with the Indian team for a long time. He has served in many posts of BCCI. Rajiv also has good relations with players, he is available in the stadium in every big match. He is suitable for this post and is also at the forefront of the race. Rajiv Shukla has been the vice president of BCCI since Sourav Ganguly was the president.

About Roger Binny

Born on July 19, 1955, Binny was an important player of the 1983 World Cup winning team. He is the first Anglo-Indian of Scottish origin to play cricket for India. He took 47 and 77 wickets in 27 Tests and 72 ODIs respectively. He has 629 in 49 innings in ODIs and 830 runs in 41 innings of Tests.

Roger Binny held the post of President of BCCI on 18 October 2022. Earlier, he was the President of Karnataka State Cricket Association for 3 years (from 3 October 2019 to 18 October 2022).

When the President of BCCI retires, Team India will be in England during this time. There will be a 5 -match Test series, the first match of which will be played on June 20. The third Test of the series will be played on 10-14 July, after which Roger Binny will retire before the fourth Test.