Ganguly's appointment was finalised last week
Vikram Limaye has also refused to accept the payment due to him, citing the same reason
A bench comprising justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao said the job of the CoA will come to an end after former cricketer Saurav Ganguly-led elected office bearers of the BCCI will take charge
Popularising domestic cricket should be high on the agenda
Sourav Ganguly gets a new platform to walk his leadership talk
Former cricketer Yuvraj Singh on Saturday congratulated Sourav Ganguly on his journey from being India's captain to becoming BCCI top boss and jokingly said it would have been good for him if he had taken reins of the board when the yo-yo test was in demand. Yuvraj while announcing his retirement in June this year had revealed that BCCI had promised him a farewell game if he failed the yo-yo test but since he passed, he never got a swansong. "Greater the man greatest the journey! From Indian captain to @BCCI president. Think it will be a great insight for a cricketer to be an administrator & make others understand admin from a players point of view. Wish you were the president while the yoyo was in demand. Good luck dadi," Yuvraj tweeted. A yo-yo test involves a player sprinting between two cones that are set 20 metres apart on the sound of a beep. It is used to measure an athlete's endurance. It is mandatory to clear the test to be eligible for selection in the Indian ...
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
The last time both neighbours featured in a bilateral series was in 2012, when India hosted Pakistan for a limited-overs series comprising two T20Is and three ODIs
The former Indian cricket captain cannot keep this office for more than 9 months. He was heading the Cricket Association of Bengal for 5 years, and he needs to 'cool off' for 3 years after July 2020
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, who is all set to be appointed as the BCCI chief, on Tuesday shared a picture with all men who will be the office bearers of the top cricket body in the country.
Sourav Ganguly is set to become only the second India cricketer after Maharaja of Vizianagaram to serve as the president of BCCI
'Maharaj' as he was fondly called, became a cricket administrator in 2009 and is currently the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)
Ganguly pipped Brijesh Patel in a see-saw battle and is expected to be the only presidential nominee
Ganguly also gave Ricky Ponting's example as he coaches Australian team and is also involved in commentating, in addition to this, he is part of the coaching staff of the IPL side Delhi Capitals
Ganguly said he does not see a cricketer doing coaching and commentary as a case of conflict of interest
The BCCI ethics officer, Justice (Retd) DK Jain, issued the notice to Dravid on conflict of interest allegations made by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association member Sanjay Gupta.
Ganguly was part of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) which picked Shastri as the head coach in 2017
Gill has already expressed his disappointment at not being picked in the squad for the limited overs series in the Caribbean
Ganguly tells Udit Misra that he decided to be aggressive as a captain to back his teammates and provide them an atmosphere to freely express themselves
Ganguly recommended a 150-day tenure per year for Zaheer Khan as bowling consultant