In a surprising development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

01 / 17

Sourav to succeed Dalmiya as CAB president

In a surprising development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly will take over as Cricket Association of Bengal's new president succeeding the late administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya.
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02 / 17

Banerjee also announced that the late BCCI chief's son Abhishek will be the new CAB joint secretary, a post held by Ganguly for long.
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03 / 17

The announcement triggered resentment among an influential section of CAB members, who said the autonomous association's constitution and rules have been "sidestepped". However, the dissenters admitted they did not have the stomach to go against the chief minister's wish and force a contest. Rather, they would wait for the CAB AGM next July.
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04 / 17

"The CAB bigwigs have decided that now Sourav Ganguly will take over as the association's president," Banerjee said after a meeting with office-bearers and senior members of the cash-rich body at the state secretariat Nabanna.
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05 / 17

The meeting, held four days after Damiya's death and a day after Ganguly and Dalmiya called on the chief minister at Nabanna, was attended among others by he other CAB joint secretary Subir Ganguly and treasurer Biswarup Dey, besides ministers Arup Biswas and Subrata Mukerjee - both members of its working committee. Ganguly and Abhishek also addressed the media.
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06 / 17

In a bid to stave off criticism of political interference in the affairs of the CAB, Banerjee said the decisions were taken by the CAB members.
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07 / 17

"My only request to them is to work as a united family in this moment of crisis and together carry forward Jaguda's work for the benefit of Bengal cricket."I have not taken the decisions. It is not my world, though I love sports. We are with them in their crisis as colleagues, friends," she said.
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08 / 17

Asked whether the state government had a role in the decisions, Banerjee said: "Don't put such questions. I don't want a controversy. I am nobody. It is they who have decided to be together in this crisis. They are all cricket lovers. I only communicated their decisions."
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09 / 17

Praising Ganguly, she said: "He was the Indian cricket team captain. If a captain gets to work as an administrator, that's not bad. We have all seen how good Jaguda was as an administrator. I think all of them are good administrators."
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10 / 17

Ganguly said as per CAB rules, a meeting of the members would be convened to take a call on the issue. Thanking his colleagues who decided to give him the responsibility, he said: "If all the CAB members agree, I will take over the responsibility."
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