As former Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly officially took charge as President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai said that cricket in India was at its best in the last three years, since the Supreme Court-appointed panel took charge of the administration of the BCCI. 

Talking about the revamped pay structure in his tenure, Vinod Rai said, “Cricket in India could not have been better over the last three years.” Asked about how the CoA fared in handling the day-to-day administration of the game, Rai said: “Look at how the team has performed. Look at the women’s team. We conducted two IPLs. The compensation package has been totally revamped.” 

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Rai further added, “The senior team, after 2011 their compensation package hadn’t even been looked at. We totally revamped it after discussing with senior members of the team.” 

The CoA was put in place to oversee the running of the Board and implement Lodha reforms but was often accused of going beyond its brief.

Rai explained, “Our job was to implement the constitution. We got the election done as per the constitution. All the issues of the constitution have been taken care of.”

The CoA chief added that they would keep tabs on Indian cricket, but their “umbilical cord to the BCCI” had been cut. On Ganguly’s appointment as the new BCCI President, Rai said: “I am very satisfied”.

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Former Indian skipper, Sourav 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.