Cricket / Sourav Ganguly set to contest CAB presidential polls after ending his tenure as BCCI president

Cricket | Sourav Ganguly, the outgoing chief of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), will again return to the post of the President of his state unit Bengal Cricket Association (CAB). The former India captain on Saturday said that he will contest the CAB elections.

Ganguly had to step down from the post of BCCI president as no one in the board has held the post for more than three years. He was the CAB President for four years between 2015 and 2019 before becoming the BCCI President.

Ganguly told PTI, "Yes, I will contest the CAB elections. I plan to file my nomination on October 22. I had been in the CAB for five years and as per the rules of the Lodha recommendations, I can continue in this post for another four years.

There was talk of Ganguly's elder brother Snehasish contesting the election in place of Abhishek Dalmiya for the top post. But the nomination of the former Indian player will change a lot of equations. Ganguly said, "I will decide my panel on October 20. lets see. ,