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TopicSourav Ganguly

Topic: Sourav Ganguly

World Cup winner Roger Binny elected 36th BCCI president, to succeed Sourav Ganguly

Binny, 67, was elected unopposed alongside Jay Shah, who was re-elected as the BCCI secretary for a second successive term.

‘Why has he been deprived?’: Mamata backs Ganguly after BCCI run out, asks PM to send him to ICC

Ganguly is set to be replaced by former India all-rounder Roger Binny as BCCI chief on 18 October. The Bengal CM sought to know reasons for Ganguly being 'axed'.

Don’t do politics, allow Sourav Ganguly to contest ICC polls, Mamata requests PM

Sourav Ganguly is making way for Roger Binny as next BCCI president. He will contest the post in the Bengal cricket board next.

Hijab has bench in a tangle & why aloo paratha fans are fretting over GST

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‘I will go on to do bigger things,’ says outgoing BCCI president Sourav Ganguly

Ganguly has been replaced by 1983 World Cup winning member Roger Binny. The southpaw wanted to continue as president for a second term but was told, ‘no precedence’.

Did Dada just get ‘mankaded’ out of BCCI, and Vladimir ‘Putout’ over blown-up bridge

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Roger Binny to replace Sourav Ganguly as BCCI’s new President

The 1983 World Cup winner is set to become the 36th BCCI President. Jay Shah will continue as Secretary and will replace Ganguly as India's representative at the ICC Board.

ICC permanently bans use of saliva on cricket ball, announces changes to playing conditions

The governing body also changed running out of the non-striker by the bowler from the ‘Unfair Play’ section to the ‘Run out’ section.

Ganguly promised spot on team, says Wriddhiman Saha, shares threatening texts from ‘journalist’

Dropped from Sri Lanka Test series, wicketkeeper Saha said head coach Rahul Dravid had asked him to think about retiring despite earlier assurances from BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly.

Kohli-Ganguly tiff shows what hasn’t changed about Indian cricket. Smells like Chappell era

Back in 2005, Ganguly was standing where Kohli is in 2021. He was sacked as the captain of the national squad and eventually dropped from the team.

On Camera

Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.