Ganguly failed to retain his position at the country’s cricket board.
As per the reports, Ganguly was offered the IPL chairmanship but he decline the offer by saying that he couldn’t head BCCI’s sub-committee, especially after heading the governing body.
Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah were elected unopposed as the president and the secretary of the board, respectively in November 2019.
"I have been an administrator and I will move on to something else," Ganguly said while speaking at a Bandhan Bank event in Kolkata. "Whatever you do in life the best days are when you played for India. I have been president of BCCI and I will go on to do bigger things. You can't be a player forever, you can't be an administrator forever. It's been great doing both"
"I never believed in history but the feeling in the past was east lacked talent to play at that level. You don't become an Ambani or Narendra Modi in one day. You have to work for months and years to get there," he further added.
Sourav Ganguly also shared his experience of leading the Indian team.
"It was six captains leading the team. I stood up for Rahul when he was almost dropped from the one day side. I took their suggestions in picking the team. These things don't go unnoticed in a team environment. It's not just the runs I scored. People remember other things. It's what you do as a leader for them," said the outgoing BCCI chief.
A pivotal member of India's 1983 World Cup-winning team, Roger Binny is all set to replace Ganguly as BCCI president. His appointment is only a matter of time as he is the only one to have filed the nomination and will be elected unopposed at the AGM on October 18.
Meanwhile, Jay Shah is set to get another term as BCCI secretary, Rajiv Shukla will hold the vice president post while Arun Dhumal, who was the treasurer in his last term, will become the new IPL chairman in place of Brijesh Patel.
(With NDTV inputs)