Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly reclaims power as ICC Men's Cricket Committee Chief: Check details

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Gangly has been reappointed at International Cricket Council (ICC) men's cricket committee chairperson, and his former India teammate VS Laxman was also picked again as one of the panel members.

Ganguly, who captained India with distinction for five years from 2000 to 2005 was also served as BCCI president from October 23, 2019, to October 18, 2022, a three-year term. He was the 35th president of the BCCI. Following his tenure, Roger Binny became the 36th president.

This is the second time that Ganguly has got a post from ICC; he was first appointed as the committee's chair in 2021.

The former India captain had replaced teammate Anil Kumble who stepped down from the post after his three-year tenure.

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Apart from Ganguly and Laxman, former Afghanistan star Hamid Hassan, West Indies batting great Desmond Haynes, South Africa's Test and ODI skipper Temba Bavuma, and ex-England batter Jonathan Trott were appointed to the committee.

The new ICC women's cricket committee comprises former New Zealand off-spinner Catherine Campbell as its chairperson with former Australian player and Avril Fahey and Cricket South Africa's (CSA) Pholetsi Moseki as the other members.

ICC for Afghanistan women cricketers

ICC also joined hands with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to take an initiative to support the exiled Afghanistan women cricketers. After the Taliban took charge of Afghanistan in 2021, several women left the country due to the restrictions imposed on them.

ICC will set up a dedicated fund for coaching and monetary assistance, helping the exiled Afghan cricketers take steps in their career. Afghanistan cricketers Firooza Amiri, Nahida Sapan and other cricketers took exile in Australia, where they have played club cricket. Sapan plies her trade for Carnegie while Amiri plays for Dandenong.