BCCI President Sourav Ganguly – BCCI Elections Live – Is N.Srinivasan behind Sourav Ganuly’s ouster from BCCI? Not only the ousted BCCI President Sourav Ganguly himself, but all his well-wishers are stunned by how things unfolded in the BCCI past few days. The question everyone is asking, why Ganguly fell apart with the top BCCI honchos. Was Jay Shah behind his ouster or someone else? If reports are to be believed, then the former BCCI & ICC President N. Srinivasan was the man behind ouster of Ganguly from the BCCI: Follow LIVE Updates from the BCCI AGM & Check how BCCI President Sourav Ganguly’s ouster from the board unfolds with InsideSport.IN.
A report by Telegraph claims that Srinivasan had gone to the extent of accusing Sourav of failing to live up to expectations. The report further says a Union minister, along with fN. Srinivasan, played a key role in Binny’s nomination to the BCCI chair.
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The report says the discomfort between the two dates back to 2019. Srinivasan had almost put Brijesh Patel in the chair when by a sudden quirk of fate Sourav turned the tables on him.
Though he has never spoken about it in public, sources said Srinivasan never forgot this embarrassment and wanted to set it right.
The report says, for Srinivasan, it was a matter of prestige. He had to prove that his word still counts. The official reason cited to Sourav is that no president has held office for two consecutive terms and there was no reason the East’s candidate could enjoy this privilege.
It was learnt that Srinivasan had gone to the extent of accusing Sourav of failing to live up to expectations.
BCCI Elections LIVE: Is former President Srinivasan behind Sourav Ganguly’s ouster from BCCI? Report reveals ‘he took revenge’: CHECK DETAILS
Why Sourav Ganguly ousted from the BCCI?
Another unconfirmed rumor doing the rounds, Ganguly ouster is about a possible political motive. The allegations that are surfacing is that the BJP had gone against the former captain for not co-operating with them in Bengal.
“The BJP had been waiting for this opportunity to humiliate Sourav. They wanted some favours from him after helping him get the BCCI chair. But there was nothing forthcoming”, said a source.
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