|| India Correspondent ||
The President of the Board of Control for India in Cricket (BCCI), Sourav Ganguly has kept it a secret of the speculation that he might join the politics prior to the West Bengal assembly elections, citing that he will see "where it goes" as the "opportunities" coming his way.
Ganguly, who is at his Kolkata residence and resting after his heart surgery after the heart attacks, pretty well knows how the speculation of him joining politics has been going around, prior to the eight-phase elections from March 27 to April 29.
"We will see where it goes, what opportunities come in the way, we will take it from there," Sourav Ganguly told 'India Today' when he was asked what's next after cricket administration.
However, the former India captain has said that his life has been full of surprising twists and turns and he has didn't have a clue about what's coming next for him as well.
"When I first became India captain, I didn’t expect it as Sachin (Tendulkar) was captaining. I probably wouldn’t have got it had Sachin not resigned. Similarly, when I became BCCI president, I didnt know the minute before I would be the BCCI president. That’s the way my life has been…So we will see where it goes," he said.
"Opportunities come and you get influenced by a lot of things, your family, lifestyle, work, health, we will see where it goes,” he didn’t give away anything despite saying a lot of things. I am fortunate to get so much attention. I don’t seek it and I go about doing my job. I lead a normal life in this city. I speak to people, talk to them and that’s my nature," he again shared.
"I am a very friendly sort of a person with no hang ups. I don’t take to heart what people say. Because I am a popular person, I don’t believe that I have to be unreachable. I lead my life because at the end of the day it’s life and that’s why people are fond of me over here," he concluded.