Kolkata: Paying rich tribute to Jagmohan Dalmiya who passed away recently, Cricket Association of Bengal president-designate Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday said that the former BCCI chief was one administrator who had only friends all over the world.
Dalmiya, who passed away on September 20, occupied all the top positions in cricket administration in the state, national and international level since his foray in 1977.
“The one thing that would remain forever in my mind was people remembered him fondly wherever I went across the world. You don’t always remain in power, that’s the law of nature. He was not the president always but despite that wherever I went, be it New Zealand, the West Indies, England or Pakistan everybody sent him ‘salaam’,” Ganguly said in CAB’s condolence meeting.
The condolence meeting was attended by former India batsmen Sanjay Manjrekar and VVS Laxman, BCCI joint secretary Amitabh Choudhary, the CAB office bearers, senior members and Dalmiya’s family at the Eden Gardens.
