There were talks of their indifference but India head coach Ravi Shastri is "delighted" to have former captain Sourav Ganguly take over as the new BCCI president.
It is still believed, Ganguly, as part of the then Cricket Advisory Committee, didn't want his ex-teammate Anil Kumble to relinquish the team's head coach position and be replaced by Shastri in 2017.
Kumble resigned citing "untenable" relations with the Indian captain Virat Kohli.
However, Shastri himself put those talks to rest in a recent interview given to IANS. "I think it is fantastic. I was one of the first to congratulate him when he became the President because I was delighted that more important than anything BCCI was back in place to put Indian cricket where it belongs both on and off the field," he said.
"And I was even more delighted that a cricketer should be at the helm at this important phase of Indian cricket. And Sourav having been a fabulous player and captain and been around as an administrator, him becoming the President adds a lot of value."
Shastri also lauded Ganguly for making all parties agree to host the D/N Test in Kolkata and putting in place all the arrangements required for it.
"Hats off to Sourav and CAB for putting up this show because they didn’t leave any stone unturned," he said. "The crowd responded magnificently and it really was a fabulous occasion. But when you talk of the cricket, it has its positives and negatives. How the pink ball can retain its shine, its texture will be the test in the future. The match has now given you the pluses and minuses."
"I feel the ball will take some time. It will take some time for the manufactures to get the right kind of ball so that people can see that ball in the night and how it gets affected once there is dew."
"In the twilight session the ball moved a lot and in the last session it just came onto the bat and it started losing its colour. How that can be changed and how the pink ball can maintain everything like the red ball will be the challenge," Shastri concluded.
(Inputs from IANS)
