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Sourav Ganguly will one day find himself in ICC, but leading BCCI is any day a bigger job: David Gower

Sourav will one day find himself in ICC, but leading BCCI is any day a bigger job, opines former England captain David Gower.

Sourav Ganguly will one day find himself in ICC, but leading BCCI is any day a bigger job: David Gower

New Delhi, May 15: Former England skipper David Gower has joined the growing list of admirers and has heaped lavish praise in support of Sourav Ganguly's appointment as the top boss of the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI). However, former Captain & Commentator David Gower confesses that Ganguly as ICC president can soon become a reality, in an exclusive interaction with fans on the Twitter handle of GloFans.

In an exclusive interaction amid COVID19 lockdown with GloFans (Twitter handle), during Q20, a fan interactive show, Gower expressed that Ganguly possesses all the qualities that are required in a good administrator and has in him the right attitude to carry on seamlessly as the president of the world's richest cricket organisation and usher in a new and better era for Indian cricket.

"What can I tell you about Sourav? I have had many chats with him over the years and he obviously was a very fine player and his records speak for himself. One thing I have learnt over the years is that if you are going to run BCCI, you need to be many, many things. Having a reputation as he has is a very good start, but you need to be a very deft politician. You need to have control of a million different things," the former England top-order batsman said ahead of "Q20", a unique chat show for the fans presented by 'GloFans'.

"And of course you need to be responsible for a game that is followed by, I mean, should we say a billion people here in India? We all know about the immense following for cricket in India. So it is indeed a wonderful thing to behold. Sourav has the toughest task imaginable in charge of BCCI, but so far I would say the signs are very good. He has listened, given his own opinion and has pulled strings gently," he added.

Considered as one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen to have played the game, David feels that with a good and commendable job, chances are high that Sourav will one day find himself in ICC, but feels leading BCCI is any day a bigger job.

"I think he is a very, very good man and has those political skills. I think he has the right attitude and can keep things together and will do a good job. And if you do a good job as BCCI chief in the future, who knows? But I would actually say the more important job, to be honest, is running BCCI. Being head of ICC is honour there is a lot that can be done by ICC, but actually, look at the rankings, look at where the power is heading up. BCCI is definitely the bigger job," he further said.

David who is one of the marquee names alongside Waqar Younis and other sporting greats will interact with the fans in a freewheeling chat session and answer 20 questions framed purely by sports fans in a special fan interactive show "Q20" that will be featured at GloFans. The questions chosen by fans were put on the social media platform of GloFans and David answered a few of them while the rest will be answered by the legend on May 16th and 17th.

Story first published: Friday, May 15, 2020, 14:56 [IST]
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