Sourav Ganguly Becomes 39th BCCI President; Here’s List of All Heads of Board of Control for Cricket in India So Far
Sourav Ganguly took over the post of new BCCI President on Wednesday. The former Indian cricketer was appointed as the new leader of Indian cricket board two weeks ago. During BCCI’s AGM meeting on October 23, Wednesday, he took over the post of the new head of BCCI chief.
Sourav Ganguly took over the post of new BCCI President on Wednesday. The former Indian cricketer was appointed as the new leader of Indian cricket board two weeks ago. During BCCI’s AGM meeting on October 23, Wednesday, he took over the post of the new head of BCCI chief. Ganguly became the only second Indian skipper to take over BCCI’s head post. Earlier, Maharajkumar of Vizianagram aka Vizzy had donned both the roles. Sunil Gavaskar is another former Indian skipper who was made the BCCI chief but he held the post as interim chief for a short period. As former Indian Skipper Ganguly becomes new BCCI president, below is the list of all the BCCI presidents so far. Sourav Ganguly Officially Takes Over the Reins of BCCI; Dada Given a Warm Welcome (See Pics).
During BCCI’s AGM meet on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah's son Jay Shah was made the BCCI secretary. Former BCCI’s chief Anurag Thakur's younger brother Arun Dhumal became the treasurer. Jayesh George took over as the new joint secretary. Mahim Verma of Uttarakhand became the new vice-president. Talking about BCCI presidents so far, the boasts of some prominent names like Anurag Thakur, Shashank Manohar, Sharad Pawar and others. Let’s have a look at all the BCCI presidents in India so far.
List of BCCI Presidents
| Sr. No | Name | Term |
| 1 | R E Grant Govan | 1928-1933 |
| 2 | Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan | 1933-1935 |
| 3 | Nawab Hamidullah Khan | 1935-1937 |
| 4 | Maharaja K S Digvijaysinhji | 1937-1938 |
| 5 | P Subbarayan | 1938-1946 |
| 6 | Anthony S D'Mello | 1946-1951 |
| 7 | J C Mukherji | 1951-1954 |
| 8 | Maharajkumar of Vizianagram | 1954-1956 |
| 9 | Sardar SS Majithia | 1956-1958 |
| 10 | R K Patel | 1958-1960 |
| 11 | M A Chidambaram | 1960-1963 |
| 12 | Maharaja F Gaekwad | 1963-1966 |
| 13 | Z R Irani | 1966-1969 |
| 14 | A N Ghose | 1969-1972 |
| 15 | P M Rungta | 1972-1975 |
| 16 | Ramprakash Mehra | 1975-1977 |
| 17 | M Chinnaswamy | 1977-1980 |
| 18 | S K Wankhede | 1980-1982 |
| 19 | NKP Salve | 1982-1985 |
| 20 | S Sriraman | 1985-1988 |
| 21 | B N Dutt | 1988-1990 |
| 22 | Madhavrao Scindia | 1990-1993 |
| 23 | I S Bindra | 1993-1996 |
| 24 | Raj Singh Dungarpur | 1996-1999 |
| 25 | A C Muthiah | 1999-2001 |
| 26 | Jagmohan Dalmiya | 2001-2004 |
| 27 | Ranbir Singh Mahendra | 2004-2005 |
| 28 | Sharad Pawar | 2005-2008 |
| 29 | Shashank Manohar | 2008-2011 |
| 30 | N Srinivasan | 2011-2013 |
| 31 | Jagmohan Dalmiya (Interim) | 2013-2013 |
| 32 | N Srinivasan | 2013-2014 |
| 33 | Shivlal Yadav (Interim) | 2014-2014 |
| 34 | Sunil Gavaskar (Interim) | 2014-2014 |
| 35 | Jagmohan Dalmiya (Died in office) | 2015-2015
|
| 36 | Shashank Manohar
(Resigned) |
2015-2016 |
| 37 | Anurag Thakur
(Sacked) |
2016-2017 |
| 38 | C K Khanna (Interim) | 2017-2019 |
| 39 | Sourav Ganguly | 2019-Present |
Ganguly was unanimously appointed as the BCCI chief. The former Indian skipper is also President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and will continue with the position till September 2020. He was appointed as CAB head last month. Earlier, Ganguly had told media that his priority will be to look after first-class cricketers.
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