BCCI president Sourav Ganguly admitted to hospital, tests Covid positive

BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a city hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the cricket board sources said on Tuesday. Ganguly is double vaccinated and has been travelling extensively, taking part in all professional activities.

The BCCI president 49-year-old was rushed to a hospital late on Monday night as a precautionary measure after his RT-PCR test returned positive. “He was taken to Woodlands Nursing Home last night. He has been given medication and is currently stable,” a BCCI source, who is keeping track of Ganguly’s health.

Ganguly was admitted to hospital twice earlier this year and underwent emergency angioplasty after having some cardiac issues. His elder brother Snehasish Ganguly had also tested positive for COVID early this year.

After announcing his retirement on Friday, speaking to media Harbhajan Singh said Ganguly’s support was crucial to him in the nascent stage of his career. He also credited MS Dhoni for backing him and making use of his services well during the latter stages of his international career.

“It’s a simple answer for me. Sourav Ganguly handheld me at that juncture of my career when I was a ‘No One’. But when Dhoni became the captain, I was a “Someone”. So, you need to understand the big difference,” Harbhajan Singh told the media on Friday.

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“Dada (Ganguly) knew I had skills but didn’t know whether I will deliver. In the case of Dhoni, he knew that I have been there and done that. He knew that I have won matches before him and will win a few for him also. “In life and in any profession, you need that one person, who will guide you at the proper moment and Sourav was that man for me.