Ganguly’s election as chief fuses together worlds of cricket and administration

“With me becoming BCCI President, you will get credibility from the board,” said Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian captain, and a cricketer who along with Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, and VVS Laxman is seen as one that defined Indian cricket at the international stage throughout the late nineties and the noughties.

Ever since the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) rose to prominence as the richest cricket body in the world at the turn of the century, it has hardly ever been seen as a cornerstone of integrity. The BCCI has always been an entity seen with suspicion with Indian fans. They may love cricket, the Indian team, and its star players but one would hardly find fans taking the name of the likes of N. Srinivasan and Sharad Pawar in the same breath as those of M.S. Dhoni or Tendulkar.

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