Sourav to succeed Dalmiya as CAB president

In a surprising development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly will take over as Cricket Association of Bengal's new president succeeding the late administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya.

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Banerjee also announced that the late BCCI chief's son Abhishek will be the new CAB joint secretary, a post held by Ganguly for long.

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The announcement triggered resentment among an influential section of CAB members, who said the autonomous association's constitution and rules have been "sidestepped". However, the dissenters admitted they did not have the stomach to go against the chief minister's wish and force a contest. Rather, they would wait for the CAB AGM next July.

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"The CAB bigwigs have decided that now Sourav Ganguly will take over as the association's president," Banerjee said after a meeting with office-bearers and senior members of the cash-rich body at the state secretariat Nabanna.

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The meeting, held four days after Damiya's death and a day after Ganguly and Dalmiya called on the chief minister at Nabanna, was attended among others by he other CAB joint secretary Subir Ganguly and treasurer Biswarup Dey, besides ministers Arup Biswas and Subrata Mukerjee - both members of its working committee. Ganguly and Abhishek also addressed the media.

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