Dubai, Nov 17 (FN Agency) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly has been appointed to the position of Chairman of the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee after Anil Kumble stepped down having served a maximum of three three-year terms, the ICC said in a statement. “I am delighted to welcome Sourav to the position of Chair of the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee. His experience as one of the world’s best players and latterly as an administrator will help us shape our cricketing decisions moving forward,” ICC Chairman Greg Barclay said. “I would also like to thank Anil for his outstanding leadership over the last nine years which has included improving the international game through more regular and consistent application of DRS and a robust process for addressing suspect bowling actions.”
Ganguly is credited as one of India’s most successful captains of all times and one of the best batsmen of his generation. Ganguly was the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal between 2015 and 2019 before taking over as BCCI president in October 2019. The ICC approved the continuation of the ICC World Test Championship in its current form of a nine-team league over a two-year period with a final between the top two teams at the conclusion. The board also approved the first-class status and list A classification to be applied to women’s cricket to align with the men’s game retrospectively. Going forward the ICC Women’s Committee will be known as the ICC Women’s Cricket Committee and will assume all decision making responsibility for women’s cricket reporting directly to the Chief executive Committee (CEC). Johnny Grave, CEO of Cricket West Indies has been appointed to the ICC Women’s Cricket Committee. Following the expansion of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup to a 14-team event in the next cycle, the Board accepted a recommendation from the Chief Executives’ Committee that the primary avenue for qualification for the event is based on rankings at a pre-determined cut-off date. With the 10 highest-ranked teams on the MRF Men’s ODI Rankings qualifying automatically, and the remainder being determined via global qualifier.