Sourav Ganguly, the former India skipper, took charge as the 39th BCCI President in October last year. However, it's a position he will have to relinquish by the end of this month as per the newly adopted board constitution.

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The new BCCI constitution based on justice RM Lodha committee's reforms says, “any person who has been an office bearer in state as well as BCCI for consecutive period of six years will have to go for compulsory cooling off period of three years.”

Notably, Ganguly was the secretary and later President of the Cricket Association of Bengal for five plus years before taking over in his current role.

However, the original petitioner in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing case Aditya Verma disagrees with the clause and his lawyers "won't oppose" a cooling-off period waiver for BCCI chief Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah when the matter is heard in the Supreme Court.

The apex court is due to hear on Wednesday (July 22) a BCCI plea to modify its constitution and enable the duo of Ganguly and Shah to stay on in their positions instead of going on a mandatory cooling-off period.

"I have always maintained that Sourav Ganguly is the best man to lead BCCI. I believe Dada and Jay Shah should get a full term to again stabilise BCCI," Verma told PTI.

"Therefore on behalf of CAB, I will not have an objection if Dada is allowed to continue as BCCI president. Out of his nine months, four months have already been lost due to coronavirus and any administrator needs time to implement plans and policies," he added.

It is pertinent to mention here that Jay Shah has previously served as the secretary of Gujarat Cricket Association for more than five years, and he is understood to have completed his nine-month period at the BCCI.

(With PTI inputs)