Dalmiya re-elected CAB president

Jagmohan Dalmiya has been re-elected president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on the day former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly marked his entrance into cricket administration.

Dalmiya was re-elected unopposed at the CAB's 78th annual general meeting in Kolkata and also retained his panel of two joint secretaries and treasurer.

Ganguly, 37, had earlier this month expressed an ambition to join cricket administration in his home state of West Bengal. The state's minister for state and tourism, Sultan Ahmed, who is also the president of Mohammedan Sporting Club which Ganguly represented at the AGM, termed Ganguly's new role as "healthy and successful".

"He [Ganguly] has given very good advice to CAB in the AGM. In a healthy way we will go forward together, we want Bengal cricket to go forward," he said. "Our boys are not getting chances at the senior level which is a point of concern. We have discussed all this and it was very successful. He [Ganguly] said there are many veteran cricketers who have not been given chance."

Dalmiya also welcomed Ganguly's entry into the fray. "Not only Ganguly more and more cricketers should come forward to help the sport grow in the state," he said. "I have personally invited Ganguly to sit with me and discuss various plans to take Bengal cricket forward. Not only Ganguly, I also invited former players Russi Jeejeebhoy, Raja Venkat and Snehashish Ganguly to contribute with their knowledge towards the development of Bengal cricket."