Sourav Ganguly was re-elected unopposed as President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) during its 94th Annual General Meeting on Monday.
CAB Electoral Officer Sushanta Ranjan Upadhyay also announced Nitish Ranjan Dutta as Vice President, Bablu Koley as Honorary Secretary, Madan Mohan Ghosh as Joint Secretary, and Sanjay Das as Treasurer.
Members of the Apex Council named during the AGM include Koushik Mukherjee, Vivek Lohia, Shoumik Bose, Nav Ratan Jhawar, Nilanjana Bose, Surajit Lahiri, Ravi Todi, Joydeep Mukherjee, Soumendu Chatterjee, Asis Chakraborty, and Goutam Goswami.
Ganguly replaces his brother, Snehasish Ganguly, who had held the position for nearly three years. With no other candidates filing nominations, Ganguly was elected unopposed. He previously served as CAB President from 2015 to 2019.
After his first tenure with CAB, Ganguly served as President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 2019 to 2022. Earlier this year, he was reappointed Chair of the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee, a role he first assumed in 2021.
Speaking to ANI, Ganguly said: “I have worked as a President for five years before this as well. We will do what is best. There is immense craze for cricket in India. There is a lot of talent. It will be our job to give direction to this talent.”
During his playing career, Ganguly appeared in 113 Test matches, scoring 7,212 runs at an average of 42.17, including 16 centuries and 35 half-centuries, with a highest score of 239. He is the seventh-highest run-scorer for India in Test cricket.
In 311 ODIs, Ganguly scored 11,363 runs at an average of 41.02, including 22 centuries and 72 half-centuries, with a highest score of 183, making him India’s third-highest ODI run-scorer. He captained India in 147 ODIs, winning 76, losing 66, with five no-results, achieving a win percentage of 51.70.
(ANI)