Sourav Ganguly to head India’s troubled cricket board
Former captain will have to follow up on promises to reform a body tarnished by corruption
23 October 2019 - 16:18
Mumbai — Former captain Sourav Ganguly was unanimously elected on Wednesday as president of India’s troubled cricket board, the sport’s most powerful body.
Cricket’s overwhelming popularity in India has helped the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to become by far the wealthiest of all the sport’s national boards, netting hordes of money from sponsorship and TV deals...
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