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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Ganguly wears the India blazer, again Takes over as BCCI president, says domestic cricket will be his priority B CCI MEETING ‘Will support Kohli in Amol Karhadkar MUMBAI As much as it is about win­ every possible way’ ning and losing, sport is also about nostalgia. As he en­ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Test venues, we have a lot of The new team: Sourav Ganguly with Prabhtej Singh Bhatia, Mahim Varma, Jayesh George, MUMBAI tered a jam­packed confe­ States, a lot of venues... we Anshuman Gaekwad, Jay Shah, Arun Singh Dhumal and Shanta Rangaswamy. * VIVEK BENDRE rence room at the Cricket Sourav Ganguly answered a will have to sit with him and Centre — for the second range of questions during the see what he wants, and take time, with a young team of media interaction after tak­ it forward from there. newly elected apex council ing over as BCCI president. members accompanying On restructuring domestic ‘We will work with ICC and On the way ahead him — Sourav Ganguly cricket turned the clock back al­ It is a really young group (of­ That will be the first thing we most two decades. fice­bearers), so we will have will do. And we will get it take money matters forward’ Sporting the India blazer to do a lot of hard work to un­ done before the actual Ranji — he revealed it was the derstand every method. We Trophy season starts. G. Viswanath ICC and take this forward.” be welcome.” same that was presented to don't know what happened The structures are there, Mumbai Giving his insight on the The BCCI is not exactly him when he was elevated to in the last three years be­ the tournaments are there, BCCI president Sourav Gan­ sensitive subject , the outgo­ happy with the ICC’s new India captaincy in 2000 — cause we were not a part of and there are a lot more guly was quite guarded when ing CoA chief Rai said: “It is World Cup plans (T20 and Ganguly occupied his chair. it. There were no AGMs, teams now. In the last three fielding a question about being reported that there 50 overs) for the 2023­2028 And as he took centrestage, there were no committee years, the matches have dou­ who would be named India’s was a 2014 model. Any of cycle. the four chairs that had been meetings... so we had no idea bled actually. director in the ICC Board. you who has followed the This is because the ICC arranged for the other office­ how it happened last year. We will have to make sure The BCCI can name its direc­ BCCI knows how much we global tender for media bearers were quickly pulled that the best tournament in tor and alternate director. got as per the 2014 model. rights for the post 2023 cycle out. On Kohli’s suggestion to have the country is competitive “No, it has not been decid­ We took charge in 2017. Not a may be floated in 2021, well five permanent Test centres One couldn’t help but and it remains important to ed. But the ICC matter is im­ single dollar was lost to us. before the BCCI gets the op­ sense that the second India I will speak to him tomorrow everyone because that is portant for everyone to When we took charge, we portunity to invite a tender captain to become a BCCI The boss: Sourav Ganguly has likened his taking over as BCCI [Thursday]. He is the captain where you get the Kohlis, the know, don’t just go on hear­ were told that we were al­ for its media rights. president would continue to president in muddled times to his captaincy on the back of India. He is the most im­ Dhonis, the Rahanes, and say. India is to get $372 mil­ lowed $293 million. When The BCCI’s media rights steal the limelight, just like of the match­fixing saga. * VIVEK BENDRE portant man in Indian crick­ the Rohits of India. That lion from the ICC 2016­23 cy­ Vikram Limaye went and ne­ for 2018­23 was won by Star he did during his stint as In­ et as captain of the team. We structure has to be at its best, cle. It is a lot heavy at the gotiated with the ICC, $293 Sports for ₹6138 crore and dia skipper. the Wankhede Stadium, a will have a word with him both structure­wise and fi­ backend. Till now we have million got increased to $405 the IPL rights was also won place where he made his and we will support him in nancially, and that will hap­ got whatever it is and we million. That is where it by Star Sports for ₹16,347 Vision statement mark early on in what every possible way. As for the pen. have to make sure we get our stands today, and if in the fu­ crore for the five­year period For the next 25 minutes, turned out to be a memora­ due. We will work with the ture if we get more, that will (2018­2022). Ganguly spelt out his vision ble career on the field. for what could well be just a 10­month tenure as BCCI Where it all started Dada on Dhoni president. “I came here as a young boy, He related taking over a I remember scoring my first SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT It depends on him. Even Former office­bearers kept away muddled BCCI administra­ hundred, it was against Pa­ MUMBAI when I was left out and tion to him taking over as kistan in an under­19 match BCCI president Sourav when the entire world captain in the aftermath of at the Wankhede stadium, it Ganguly fielded a few said I will never make it, I from BCCI meeting the match­fixing scandal. was a different Wankhede questions on M.S. Dhoni, believed in myself and Special Correspondent congregated for a meeting. so a former IPL chairman) He also reiterated that stadium then. saying he will address the came back and played for Mumbai The three erstwhile office­ and Ravi Savant, former le­ domestic cricket would be “We stayed at the Sea issue of the former four years. Minutes after the newly bearers — acting president gal committee member Ab­ his priority, explained Green Hotel next door,” Gan­ skipper’s future in Champions don’t finish elected office­bearers of the C.K. Khanna, acting secre­ hay Apte, also entered the BCCI’s stand while dealing guly said. “The hundred international cricket. quickly. I don’t know what Board of Control for Cricket tary Amitabh Choudhary enclosure. with ICC on the revenue­ against Pakistan actually Did you speak to Dhoni? is in his [Dhoni’s] mind, in India (BCCI) took charge, and treasurer Anirudh Once it was known that sharing model and even ex­ triggered my career. what he thinks about his a few high­profile indivi­ Chaudhry — were also invit­ none of them were among plained his interpretation of “I got picked for the Ranji I haven't spoken to him career... he is one of the duals were asked to vacate ed along with the represen­ the designated representa­ the new rulebook that has Trophy, got my Test If Ganguly can walk the yet. I have just taken over greats of the game. Over a the meeting of the BCCI affi­ tatives of three non­com­ tives of their respective State been thrust on the BCCI as a hundred here (173 versus Sri talk and get Indian cricket today. Hopefully, we will period of time, his liates’ representatives here pliant State Associations. Associations, Khanna re­ result of the apex court­di­ Lanka in 1997), got my Test back on its feet during his te­ meet soon and have a achievements, when you on Wednesday. Once they were invited, quested them to leave the rected administrative wins here and then coming nure, the cricket fraternity word with one of the sit down and take note, After the short General others like former BCCI and conference room. reforms. back to the IPL last year with will continue to be nostalgic greats of Indian cricket. you say wow! So, when I Body meeting, in which the ICC president N. Srinivasan, “Yes, I announced that Amidst all this, the bes­ Delhi Capitals and winning about October 23, the day he Do you see Dhoni making am around, everybody Sourav Ganguly­led dispen­ former BCCI secretary Ni­ uninvited guests should va­ pectacled Ganguly also re­ here again as BCCI wore the India blazer for his a comeback like you did? will be respected. sation was handed over the ranjan Shah, former vice­ cate the room,” Khanna con­ minisced about his return to president.” second innings. reins, the BCCI members presidents Rajeev Shukla (al­ firmed to The Hindu. The CoA innings ends Kohli may be rested for T20Is Saina Nehwal advances SELECTION part of the World Test Press Trust of India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy G. Viswanath malities, Rai said: “We are Championship. PARIS and Chirag Shetty pro­ MUMBAI totally satisfied because we Amol Karhadkar Kohli could be replaced Saina Nehwal brought cheer gressed to the second round “Getting off the Mark” and are leaving the BCCI behind MUMBAI with either Sanju Samson or to the Indian camp by dis­ but Manu Attri and B. Su­ “End of the Innings” were with five former players in Virat Kohli is set to be rested Shubman Gill, both of whom posing of Ngan Yi Cheung of meeth Reddy lost.

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