After Sourav Ganguly took over as the new BCCI President on Wednesday, Indian cricket fans, sports enthusiasts and netizens took to social media to congratulate him. After the former Indian skipper took charge as the 39th head of the Indian Cricket Board, he became the top trend on Twitter. After Ganguly’s photos from BCCI’s office went viral on social media, Twitterati started trending #DADAISBACK #SouravGanguly, #Dada, #BCCIPresident tags on the micro-blogging social media platform. Netizens were too happy to hear about the news and flooded Twitter with congratulating tweets for former Indian cricket legend. Sourav Ganguly on MS Dhoni’s Retirement, ‘Champions Do Not Finish Very Quickly’. 

While some called it a golden time for Board of Control for Cricket in India, others shared memes to show Ganguly in a powerful avatar. ‘Congratulations Dada’ became a common and widely shared comment. “There's a need of a blockbuster biopic. The legend!” another user wrote. Have a look at some of the tweets congratulating 'The Prince of Kolkata' on donning BCCI President’s role. Sourav Ganguly Becomes 39th BCCI President; Here’s List of All Heads of Board of Control for Cricket in India So Far. 

Congrats Dada!

Dada Rises to Power!

BCCI Prez!

Dada on Top!

BCCI Leader!

Along with Ganguly, some new top members of the BCCI were also appointed. Union Home Minister Amit Shah's son Jay Shah was appointed as new BCCI secretary. Former BCCI’s President Anurag Thakur's younger brother Arun Dhumal was appointed as the new treasurer. Jayesh George took over as the new joint secretary. Ganguly was unanimously appointed as the BCCI chief by the members. The former Indian skipper is also President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and will continue with the position till September 2020.

After his appointed, the 47-year-old former cricketer said that his priority will be to look after first-class cricketers. He also said that Ravi Shastri will continue to be the Team India Head Coach and will not need to be reappointed. Shastri was recently appointed as Team India Coach after ICC World Cup 2019. The Kolkata cricketer Ganguly also said that he will look into the matter of MS Dhoni’s future in Indian cricket.

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