The former India captain decided to skip East Zone's Deodhar Trophy opener against South Zone to be played in Kolkata.
Inclusion of cricket in the 2024 Olympics, Australian players pay dispute and the concept of four-day Test will be discussed among other things in the two-day meeting.
Former India coach Ajit Wadekar said Sourav Ganguly must realise that his days as an international cricketer are over.
With Duncan Fletcher's two-year tenure as India coach nearing its end, former captain Sourav Ganguly has pitched in for a home-grown person to take charge of the team next year, saying that the country has enough talent for an Indian to become a coach.
The Indian captain feels the game's apex body should take into account the sequence of events which were beyond his control.
"We are not batting well and it is fair to say we didn't back ourselves," said the Indian skipper.
Olympics-bound Bengal shooter Joydeep Karmakar hopes that former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly comes to London to cheer him and his fellow shooters during the mega-event.
The regular Indian skipper has been certified fit following a back injury, which kept him out of the first two Tests against Pakistan.
The former India captain is hopeful he can retain his Test spot for next month's home series against Sri Lanka.
Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan on Friday said he has no regrets that Sourav Ganguly was once dumped as captain of the Indian Premier League franchise.
Replying to Maharashtra's first innings of 350, Bengal recovered after the loss of four wickets for 63 runs to score 378 in the Ranji Trophy match.
Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly joined the chorus in demanding Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.
The former captain returned to a warm welcome at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Friday morning.
The deposed India captain was unbeaten on 19 as East, replying to North's first innings total of 178, were 77 for 1 at close on day 1 of the Duleep Trophy match.
The former India captain stressed that the selectors sometimes needed to take hard decisions.
India's captain, on returning from Zimbabwe, said he will talk to the BCCI on the issue if asked to.
The Indian captain has been advised ten days rest for an elbow injury, which has been diagnosed as a 'mild tennis elbow symptom'.
India's captain hurt his lower back while fielding in the fifth One-Day International against Pakistan in Lahore on Wednesday.
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"We must be lacking something to lose finals even when seemingly in a good position," said Ganguly.
The world was in a "sheer shock" in the past few months due to the coronavirus pandemic but BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is confident that life will be back to normal once the vaccine for the virus is developed. Ganguly believes once the vaccine is out, the virus will be like any other health issues like flu or jaundice but with a cure.
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