Former India opener Virender Sehwag on Sunday (October 27) expressed his delight on Sourav Ganguly’s appointment as BCCI president.
As per Sehwag, Indian cricket will move in the right direction with Ganguly at the helm since the former skipper is keen to improve the domestic circuit.
“It was really heartening to hear that Ganguly wants to start from home. One of his opening statements was about improving India’s domestic cricket. He is the best man to do the job. Ganguly knows the problems at the grassroots. When he was dropped from the Indian team, he spent a lot of time travelling around the country. I still remember that when he returned to the Indian team, he used to talk about what was lacking in the domestic circuit,” Sehwag wrote in his column for The Indian Express.
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After filing his nomination for the presidential post earlier this month, Ganguly had said he is fully aware of the tumultuous situation of the cricket board and stressed that getting the house in order is his priority.
"I am taking over at a time when BCCI has not been in greatest of position for the last three years. Its image has got hampered quite a lot. It's a great opportunity for me to do something good."
Providing financial security to first-class cricketers is also on his to-do list.
"I have been requesting that to the CoA for three years. That's the first thing I will do, look after the financial health of our first-class cricketers," Ganguly had said.
No wonder, Sehwag feels Indian cricket will get a huge push forward with Sourav taking charge as the new BCCI boss.
“He gave a player the kind of confidence that makes him forget that he has actually flopped in the last eight to 10 innings,” Viru said. “By some strange miracle, the player would think that he was actually performing well. And with that confidence, he would give his 100 percent all the time and win matches. That I think was Dada’s biggest strength as a leader.”
“Dada was a very sharp and instinctive captain. He liked to involve everyone in decision-making. A lot of times, he used to listen to everyone but do what he thought was right. He would ask the senior players – me, Harbhajan [Singh], Zaheer [Khan] – about the opposition and also the conditions. Once we had given our inputs, he would have six to seven views. After that, he would either follow one view or come up with his own view that was different from everyone, which he thought was good for him. This, I think, is a great leadership approach,” he added.
