On Thursday, the Electoral Officer of the Cricket Association of Bengal declared that the five-member committee led by Sourav Ganguly won uncontested as office-bearers and will retain their respective positions after the annual general meeting on Saturday. Former India skipper, Ganguly will continue being the president of the CAB, till at least July 2020 before entering a ‘cooling-off period’ as per the BCCI constitution.
As per the Committee of Administrators (CoA) diktat, the CAB will hold its 85th Annual General Meeting on Saturday. Describing the same, in a document released by the CAB, Susanta Ranjan Upadhaya said, “I, Electoral Officer of The Cricket Association of Bengal do hereby declare and certify that the following persons have stood uncontested to the following Posts.”
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Ganguly will be serving in his second term after he became the president in 2015, following Jagmohan Dalmiya’s demise. Dad had been a part of the working committee for three years before taking over as Joint Secretary in 2014. Therefore, former Indian skipper will complete his six years as a CAB official in July 2020 before the mandatory cooling-off starts.
Meanwhile, Dalmiya’s son Avishek will become the Secretary from his Joint Secretary’s post while Debabrata Das will be the only Joint Secretary. Debashis Ganguly will become the Treasurer. All CAB officials will take charge from Saturday, after the AGM.
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The CAB last held its AGM in 2015 when Jagmohan Dalmiya was elected unopposed for an eighth consecutive term. In the next year, the AGM could not take place due to exceptional circumstances after the Lodha Committee report.
The Panel – President: Sourav Ganguly; Vice President: Naresh Ojha; Secretary: Avishek Dalmiya; Joint Secretary: Debabrata Das; Treasurer: Debasish Ganguly.
Councilors of Apex Council – Ardhendu Kumar Ghosh, Goutam Goswami, Joydeep Kolay, Mintu Das, Numazar Mehta, Prabir Chakraborty, Rajib Ghosh, Samrat Bhowmick, Sanjoy Dutta, Subrata Saha, Susanta Banerjee.
