The West Bengal authorities has determined to improve the safety cowl of former Indian cricket workforce captain and former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly to ‘Z category’, a senior official stated. The choice was taken on Tuesday following the expiry of the tenure of Y class safety supplied to Ganguly.
“As the security cover of the VVIP expired, a review was done as per the protocol and it was decided to raise Ganguly’s security cordon to Z category,” he stated.
As per the brand new safety association, the previous cricketer could have 8 to 10 police personnel guarding him, the official stated. Under the ‘Y category’ safety cowl, Ganguly used to get three policemen from the Special Branch in his cordon and an equal variety of regulation enforcers guarding his Behala residence.
On Tuesday, representatives of the state secretariat reached Ganguly’s Behala workplace the place they held a gathering with officers from Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar and the native police station, he added.
“Ganguly is currently travelling with his team Delhi Daredevils and will return to Kolkata on May 21. He will start getting Z category security from that very day,” the official stated.
In West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Governor C V Ananda Bose and Trinamool Congress MP and nationwide secretary Abhishek Banerjee get Z Plus safety whereas ministers akin to Firhad Hakim and Moloy Ghatak have been supplied with Z class safety. BJP’s West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar can also be supplied with Z Plus safety cowl together with CISF safety.
Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly’s safety cowl to be upgraded to Z class by West Bengal Govt, say officers
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Ganguly is at present serving because the ‘Director of Cricket’ for Delhi Capitals workforce within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. DC are on the point of tackle Punjab Kings in match no. 64 of the IPL 2023 on the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, talking on Delhi Capitals podcast, head coach Ricky Ponting touched upon his rivalry with Ganguly, saying Steve Waugh and the previous India captain had extra edge of their rivalry. The 50-year-old led India within the early 2000s and confronted Ponting on many events in worldwide cricket.
“When you talk about rivalry, he was a bigger rival was Steve Waugh was the captain. They had a bit more edge than Sourav and I. We did play a lot against each other, we captained in the World Cup final against each other,” stated Ponting.
“We get on really well because we can see the bigger picture for this franchise, and what we have to do together to guarantee success for DC. Regardless of if we’re not good mates, when you’re working in a team, you got to come together and focus on one direction. Leave the past behind, whatever’s happened has happened,” Ponting added.
