Former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly, who earlier served as BCCI president, has revealed that he expected toughness and stubbornness from the then secretary and incumbent ICC chairman Jay Shah, but was impressed with his honesty.

"See, he had the power, the support, so you expected a certain kind of toughness, stubbornness from him, but he would do things for Indian cricket," Ganguly told PTI in an exclusive interview at his residence in Kolkata

Ganguly and Shah were colleagues at the world`s richest cricket board from October 2019 to September 2022, navigating a tumultuous phase caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought sporting activity to a grinding halt for a few months.