![Former cricketer Sourav Ganguly (C) arrives for an electoral meeting at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquarters in Mumbai on October 23, 2019. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is poised to take over as the president of the country's cricket board as nominations closed Monday for elections to the sport's wealthiest and most powerful body. / AFP / Punit PARANJPE](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3Y6OHHXY5FM5J2VZSH66IVEGZA.jpg?smart=true&auth=860848a4766b20a323139a8648c4add6d61bdf849334f256f102eede5575ddbf&width=400&height=225)
Sourav Ganguly arrives for an electoral meeting at the BCC) headquarters in Mumbai. AFP
Sourav Ganguly arrives for an electoral meeting at the BCC) headquarters in Mumbai. AFP
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly officially elected as BCCI president
Ganguly, the only nominee to the post, was appointed as the 39th chief of the BCCI at a meeting in Mumbai
Agence France Presse
23 October, 2019