MUMBAI: World Cup winner Roger Binny was on Tuesday appointed head of India’s cricket board — the world’s richest cricket physique — and can exchange Sourav Ganguly after three years on the prime, the board’s vice-president mentioned.

Binny, 67, was elected president at a gathering of the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai, the place secretary Jay Shah received one other time period in workplace, Rajeev Shukla advised reporters.

The BCCI, which has a web value reported at $2 billion, enjoys important clout internationally in cricket however has been in chaos and there have been a slew of court docket circumstances involving the cash-rich physique.

Bangalore-born Binny, who was a part of India’s historic 1983 World Cup-winning squad, steps into the sneakers of Ganguly, extensively thought to be one of many sport’s biggest captains.

Ganguly, 50, had initially been tipped to earn a second time period as president however studies mentioned he was shunted out as a result of he refused to affix India’s ruling social gathering.

Ganguly’s political allegiance has been a daily supply of media hypothesis, particularly after the nation’s Residence Minister Amit Shah, father of BCCI secretary Jay, visited him at residence earlier this 12 months.

Politicians from Ganguly’s residence state of West Bengal — the place the previous participant enjoys near-godlike standing — alleged that the previous batsman was compelled out.

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) has been pushing exhausting to win energy within the japanese state, falling quick in elections marred by lethal violence final 12 months.

Ganguly’s departure was a “political vendetta” by the federal government, opposition lawmaker Santanu Sen mentioned on Twitter.

Shah’s Hindu nationalist BJP has denied any involvement in Ganguly’s ouster and accused their opponents of politicising the difficulty.

Ganguly has not spoken publicly on his departure however studies mentioned he had been hoping to proceed, particularly after India’s prime court docket not too long ago relaxed a rule that barred sporting officers from consecutive phrases in workplace in the identical place.

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