Gavaskar backs Ganguly to helm BCCI

Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar says he believes former skipper Sourav Ganguly is most suited to lead the country's cricketing board. Gavaskar said the BCCI had “lost face internationally” after the Supreme Court ordered sacking cricket board chief Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke. “We are in for a complete new era for Indian cricket,” he told the NDTV. The court verdict to remove Thakur and Shirke came after months of a bitter court battle. "Once the Supreme Court gives order, that has to be accepted," Gavaskar said. He said the BCCI had a “very good bench strength to take up the bigger roles”, when asked who he considered the most suitable to lead the BCCI on interim basis in the current situation. “One name that comes to my mind is Sourav Ganguly,” he said. Gavaskar recalled the 1999-2000 match fixing saga that had gripped Indian cricket. “Ganguly was given the Indian team captaincy and he turned it around.”