Trying to do the best I can in this situation: Sourav Ganguly on difficulties running BCCI amid Covid-19 crisis – India Today

Running the richest cricket board amid a global pandemic has been one of the toughest challenges in BCCI president Sourav Ganguly's life as an administrator but the former India captain is no stranger to dealing with ups and downs in life which is why he has accepted the current situation and working around the problem to make sure that Indian cricket doesn't suffer.

Ganguly was appointed the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in October last year and his tenure will end in September this year. But so far, 4 months out of his 8-month tenure have been hit by the coronavirus crisis.

Whether he will get an extension or not still remains uncertain. Rumours are also doing the rounds about Ganguly looking to run for the president's post in the International Cricket Council.

Talking about his tenure so far in the BCCI, president Sourav Ganguly said he has accepted the situation and doing his best to keep everything on track for Indian cricket amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

"This is unreal. For 4 months we havent been to the officie in Mumbai. This is my 7th or 8th month as BCCI president out of which 4 months have been taken away by Covid.

"So we have been working on video conferencing but thats what it is. I cant change it. I have to accept it and try and do the best I can in this situation.

"I dont know whether we will get an extension or not. If we dont, we dont, I move on to something else. At the moment, the last 8 months as BCCI president, 4 months I have been sitting at home," Ganguly said on the latest episode of India Today Inspiration.

International cricket finally resumed after 117 days with England hosting the West Indies in a 3-match Test series. Other sports like football, tennis and Formula One restarted before that. With things slowly resuming, Ganguly sees light at the end of the tunnel with sport coming back elsewhere.

"I can see light (at the end of the tunnel). All of us want to see light, because we want to get out this and see normal lives back where we can hug each other, shake hands with other without being scared, sit next to each other without being scared. Sports has started, football has started, tennis has started which is good because life cant wait.

"Having said that, the fear is a bit more than what more than what it was in March and April. The numbers are a bit more than what it was in March-April, especially in India.

"This is a unique country, so from that point of view, as much I am optimistic, my optimism comes with a little bit of fear. I go to the office to work. I am scared. Fifty percent of the people I work with have been told to work from home. I still have 3 or 4 people who are working who are still scared. I am exposed, my people are exposed.

"My brother works, my brother runs all our factories. He is the most exposed. All of us are exposed. The problem is there is not one person who is not exposed and knows how not to get exposed," Ganguly said.