Cricketers support Ganguly to become next ICC president
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Danish Kaneria, who is currently serving a life ban for spot-fixing has come up along with former South Africa captain, Graeme Smith has backed former India captain Saurav Ganguly to become ICC’s next president.
In an interview with India TV, Kaneria was quoted saying, “Yes, I will appeal (to Ganguly) and I’m sure ICC will help me out in every way possible.”
In 2012, while representing Essex, Kaneria, who took 261 wickets for Pakistan, a figure only bettered by Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Imran Khan, was banned for spot-fixing. The leg-spinner has initially denied the charge but in the year 2018, he finally confessed.
Kaneria said, Ganguly can be an ideal candidate for the ICC’s chief role as he was a terrific cricketer.
“Saurav Ganguly has been an excellent cricketer. He understands the nuances. There is no better candidate than him for the ICC president’s role.” Kaneria said.
“Ganguly has led India a quite well and after that MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli have carried on. He is currently the BCCI president and I believe he can take cricket forward if he becomes ICC chief.” Kaneria added.
He further said that he won’t even need the Pakistan Cricket Board’s support to become the ICC president. “Ganguly has a strong case for himself. I don’t think he will even need PCBs support” he said.
Although, It was Graeme Smith, who first backed Ganguly as the next ICC president. “The president of the ICC now becomes a very key position in terms of how the game can progress and progress at the right level. It would be great to see a cricket man like Ganguly to get into the role of ICC president. That will be good for the game. He understands the game. He has played at the highest level and he is respected. That is going to be an interesting time for international and it is going to be a great appointment,” Smith had said.
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