Indian cricket Board treasurer Arun Dhumal opens up on the Sourav Ganguly presidentship controversy

The outgoing president of the Indian cricket Board, Sourav Ganguly is in the headlines of social media for the last couple of days. Recently, the Indian cricket fraternity is filled with discussions over the departure of Ganguly from the position of president of the board.

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There were talks in the Indian cricket corridors that the Board was not happy with the ‘performance’ of Ganguly in the AGM held recently held in Delhi. Although, in a recent development, Board treasurer Arun Dhumal has come up with a statement to clear the air on the issue and put a stop to this entire discussion.

Dhumal has denied all the speculations of alleged rifts within the Indian cricket Board by saying there was no difference between Ganguly and the rest of the members.

All the board members were extremely happy and satisfied with the entire team - Arun Dhumal

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“Nobody spoke a word against Sourav Ganguly. All the board members were extremely happy and satisfied with the entire team and how the BCCI was run in the last 3 years,” said Dhumal to PTI.

Earlier, Ganguly also talked about this issue just after being replaced by former World Cup winner speedster Roger Binny. The former Indian skipper went on to say about the transformations with the time and also made his point on the departure from the Indian cricket Board’s administrative body.

“You can’t play forever. You can’t be an administrator forever, but it’s been fun doing both and seeing both sides of the coin. I will go for bigger things in the future,” said Ganguly in an event of Bandhan Bank.

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“I was a cricketer’s administrator. Yes, you had to make decisions because there’s so much cricket happening, and there’s so much money around. There’s so much money around. There’s women’s cricket, there’s domestic cricket. Yes, you had to take calls at times as an individual,” he added later.

Later on, Ganguly also talked about the further things in the Indian cricket Board as Jay Shah will continue in the position of secretary.

“For me, life is about faith. Everybody gets tested, everybody gets rewarded, and everybody gets rejected. Because that’s the circle of life, but what remains constant is the faith in your ability which keeps you going,” he concluded.