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Sourav Ganguly President of the BCCI and Jay Shah Honoray Secretary of the BCCI during day two of the TATA Indian Premier League Player Auction held at the ITC Gardenia hotel in Bengaluru on the 13th February 2022. (Sportzpics)
Former India batter Sourav Ganguly said that during his tenure as BCCI president, he expected “certain kind of toughness and stubbornness” from the then Board secretary and current ICC chairman Jay Shah but ultimately was impressed by his honesty and resolve to do things properly.
Ganguly and Shah were with the BCCI together from October 2019-September 2022 before the former was replaced by Roger Binny in 2022 while Shah continued as BCCI secretary till November 2024 before taking over as the youngest ever ICC chairman at 36 years of age.
“He (Jay) had his own way of doing things but the best thing about him was he wanted to do things properly for Indian cricket. See, he had the power, the support, so you expected certain kind of toughness, stubbornness from him but he would do things for Indian cricket,” Ganguly said to PTI.
“Relationship was very good. It’s still very good. When he came in September 2019…he was a young boy, straight from Gujarat CA, very cooperative, approachable. Obviously, he had opinions and rightfully so, he wanted to do things and still does, he is the ICC chairman and it is a bigger post,” he added.
Ganguly also said that with time Shah grew better at his job, adding that the two still bump into each other occasionally.
“He is very supportive of players. He got better as he learnt. The good thing about him was he wanted to do good for the game. He is very honest, he always had the thought (about) who he was at the back of his mind, what baggage he carried. So, he wanted to do things rightfully and properly all the time. All of us made mistakes, I did, he did. It was never intentional but the game never stopped,” Ganguly said.
“Obviously, he has progressed, he is the ICC Chairman now. You see him at times because you live in different cities. I am not involved in administration, I wish him the best. I saw him in England this time for a little bit. I meet him in ICC meetings because I am the chair of the (ICC cricket) committee and he wants the game to grow and go forward,” he added.
(With agency inputs)
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