The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has had a meeting with the newly elected BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday. Ahead of the meeting, Kohli said at an event in Mumbai that Ganguly has played a lot of cricket and he knows the requirements of the sport in India.

During the sidelines of the event, Virat said, “I am going to meet him now. I am looking forward to a good discussion. He is someone who has played a lot of cricket before, who knows the situation we are in, what the team needs, the requirements of Indian cricket.”

The India skipper further added that he expects a healthy discussion with Ganguly.

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Kohli further elaborated, “So you need a good, professional, high-level discussion. It will be a healthy discussion because I am playing currently and he has played before, there will be an understanding of these things. I have had good discussions in the past with him and I expect the same this time.”

On Wednesday, after taking charge of the BCCI, Ganguly said that Virat is the most important person in Indian cricket.

During the press conference, Ganguly said, “I will speak to him tomorrow. He is the most important man in Indian cricket as captain of India. I look it at that way. So we will have a word with him and as I said we will support him in every possible way, he wants to make this team the best in the world.”

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Ganguly has officially begun his new innings as the 39th president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday. Ganguly was the only candidate to file his nomination for the head of the board after being unanimously chosen as the presidential candidate at a meeting earlier this month. He became the first India cricketer after the Maharaja of Vizianagaram to become the president of BCCI.