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SSC CHSL 2020 PYQ — Question 43

SSC CHSL - 20th October 2020 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q43

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Which former cricketer and captain of the Indian team was formally elected as the President of BCCI in October 2019?

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Correct answer: B

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The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Sourav Ganguly.

  • Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has been formally elected as the 39th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, after a general body meeting on Wednesday, 23 October.

  • Ganguly served as the Cricket Association of Bengal President from 2015, before becoming the first cricketer in 65 years to take charge as full-time BCCI President after Maharaja of Vizianagaram in 1954.