Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday heaped praise on former India captain Sourav Ganguli for being tipped to be the president of Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Banerjee said, “heartiest congratulations to Sourav Ganguly for beingunanimously elected as the BCCI President. Wish you all the best foryour term. You have made India and Bangla proud. We were proud of yourtenure as CAB President. Looking forward to a great new innings.”
Bengal Minister Partho Chattopadhyay said “we enjoy great cordialrelation ... I have seen him closely as to how he learnt the art ofadministration from his onetime mentor Jagmohan Dalmiya. I wish himall the best and hope he will take Indian cricket to new heights.”
Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh said “we have always known SouravGanguli as a great captain. Now we will see his new inning as acaptain of the BCCI where he will start his new Dadagiri.”