Whether a meeting between the board president and the Indian captain was held was not common knowledge but, if you look back, what happened did not really elevate cricket, stopping far short of widening even its commercial appeal.
This was conveyed to a section of the media by Ganguly himself on Saturday evening. He also confirmed that he will be filing his nomination on October 18.
The European owners of the Ahmedabad franchise also lend a touch to the IPL that is suitably exotic for now but the door having been opened to worldwide cricket entrepreneurship in India, well might others be ringing the calling bell from now on.
Meanwhile, the same report also confirms that former Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar will be travelling to UAE for his IPL commentary stint.
Ganguly, meanwhile, tested negative for COVID-19, a source close to the former India captain confirmed on Saturday.
One of the major roles Karim was involved in was the proper functioning of domestic cricket and it was his idea to have Rahul Dravid as the head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA).
Ganguly added that he could still score runs for India if he gets adequate time for practice and training.
Notably, Gavaskar is widely regarded as one of the finest batsmen ever to have played the game and holds many of the batting records even today.
This is not the first sporting tournament to be impacted as several other high profile tournaments including the Tokyo Olympics stand postponed.
Ganguly also confirmed that their first priority would be to host the tournament in India before looking out for venues in other countries.
