A day after Kohli was removed as ODI captain, Ganguly told ANI that he had indeed spoken to Virat regarding the leadership change adding, that he had requested Virat to not give up the T20I captaincy
Shortly before the start of this year's T20 World Cup in the UAE, Kohli had announced his decision to step down as India's T20I captain after the tournament
The BCCI on Wednesday named Rohit the captain of the ODI side going into the 2023 ODI World Cup
The former India captain also backed out-of-favour allrounder Hardik Pandya to regain his place in the side after returning to full fitness
"Indian cricket is in safe hands," gushed BCCI president Sourav Ganguly as his former illustrious teammates, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman are now set to "give their all" in two influential positions
The iconic former captain was brought in as mentor by the BCCI last month when it announced the squad for the mega-event, scheduled to start October 17.
KKR batsman Venkatesh Iyer is himself a huge fan of Sourav Ganguly and has modelled his game and technique on the lines of the former India skipper.
The test was cancelled last week owing to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp
Ganguly denied that the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) had played any part in the decision
The BCCI apex council received a complaint against MS Dhoni's appointment as the Indian team's mentor for the T20 World Cup, citing the conflict of interest clause in the Lodha Committee reforms
Ganguly blamed the monsoon
India will play their inaugural World Test Championship final against New Zealand at Southampton's Ageas Bowl Stadium from June 18-22, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confirmed on Monday
India needs to win the ongoing series by at least a margin of 2-1 to make the finals of the WTC
Wasim Jaffer quit as coach of the Uttarakhand cricket team on Feb 9 after he was accused of being communal. Big guns of Indian cricket, with few exceptions, remained silent
Sourav Ganguly, BCCI president has said that one pink-ball Test in every series is ideal and it will help bring crowds in large numbers for the longest format of the game
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will have to undergo another angioplasty in a 'few days or weeks' but for now be discharged from hospital as his condition is 'stable'
Former India pacer Chetan Sharma was appointed chairman of the senior national selection panel by the BCCI's CAC, which also picked Abbey Kuruvilla and Debashis Mohanty in the five-member team.
"My hero no more ...my mad genius rest in peace. I watched football for you," Ganguly tweeted.
Ganguly on Tuesday revealed that he underwent as many as 22 COVID-19 tests in the past four and a half months while trying to navigate his professional commitments amid the raging pandemic
Start of India's football season amid the COVID-19 has the country's cricket boss excited as he believes a smooth ISL would help in driving away the "fear" of conducting big events across the nation