BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday said that a Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) will be formed in the next couple of days to announce the new selection panel on a three-year tenure. Ganguly said the CAC will be appointed only for one meeting to decide the selectors as the appointment of the men's head coach has already been done by the previous panel led by former captain Kapil Dev.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly refused to think that Virender Sehwag's ODI career was over after he was dropped from the Indian squad for the first three matches of the ongoing series against England.
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.
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.
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 BCCI took to Twitter to share a photograph of Ganguly and Dravid on Tuesday.
Rohit Sharma on Wednesday was named India's full-time white-ball captain.
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'.
The former captain returned to a warm welcome at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Friday morning.
India's captain hurt his lower back while fielding in the fifth One-Day International against Pakistan in Lahore on Wednesday.
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.
Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly joined the chorus in demanding Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.
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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.
"We must be lacking something to lose finals even when seemingly in a good position," said Ganguly.
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.
Ganguly was also effusive in his praise for young pacer Renuka Singh.
There was some reprieve for Hardik Pandya at last as the Mumbai Indians' captain did not face crowd hostility at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai during their IPL clash against Delhi Capitals on Sunday.
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