Sourav Ganguly is set to be replaced as president of Indian cricket, with the former captain’s backers claiming he has been forced out for refusing to join the ruling political party. 

Ganguly is widely regarded as one of the sport’s greatest captains and has been in charge of the BCCI for the past three years. He had been widely tipped to earn a second term as president when the board holds its annual general meeting next Tuesday. But Ganguly, 50, is said to have declined to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).