“The way Sourav played cricket, the way he has gone out and served the nation, I have no doubt that he will serve (as BCCI president) in the same manner, with same passion and same focus. That is what I know of him,” Sachin, said The Telegraph file pictureSachin Tendulkar is expecting Sourav Ganguly to play his role as BCCI president as passionately as he played the game during his highly successful career. Sourav, who is the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal, is set to be elected unopposed as the BCCI president on October 23 at the Board’s annual general meeting. “The way Sourav played cricket, the way he has gone out and served the nation, I have no doubt that he will serve (as BCCI president) in the same manner, with same passion and same focus. “I think he (Sourav) has played a lot of cricket for India, so he knows the system as well.

Source: The Telegraph October 17, 2019 22:30 UTC