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Saturday, August 9, 2025
TopicSourav Ganguly

Topic: Sourav Ganguly

‘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

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘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Ganguly has been replaced by 1983 World Cup winning member Roger Binny.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

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

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.

How boorish treatment of Kohli by Ganguly’s BCCI takes Indian cricket back to an inglorious past

Ganguly is BCCI chief, Dravid is coach, Laxman heads NCA. And Kohli, all-conquering (in Tests) captain, is now in firing line. It’s hard to decipher, and infuriating for fans.

On Camera

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.