Sourav Ganguly becoming BCCI president is an excellent development, says CoA chief Vinod Rai

Sourav Ganguly, slated to be the next chief of BCCI- the country's cricket administrating body - today cleared the air about his meeting with Union minister Amit Shah. The two had met on Sunday evening in Mumbai, hours before the former Team India captain's name pipped Brijesh Patel to become the front-runner for the BCCI top job. Mr Shah's son Jay Shah will be the secretary in Mr Ganguly's team.

Asked if he would be joining the BJP, Sourav Ganguly said there was no quid pro quo in his meeting with the Union minister.

"Not once he has said 'We'll do this for doing that' and you've got to give respect to that," Sourav Ganguly told reporters this evening in Kolkata.