Sourav Ganguly is in the news since he took over as the next president of the BCCI. The cricketing fraternity all over the world have poured in their wishes and congratulated the former India captain.

Even arch-rivals and neighbours Pakistan are happy hearing the news. Discussing the matter recently were two former Pakistani cricketers, Shoaib Akhtar and Rashid Latif.

The two spoke about how this move could affect Indian cricket in the coming days. Akhtar started the topic saying that Ganguly was the captain who transformed the Indian cricket team into a fighting unit.

To this, former Pakistan captain Latif said, "I look at it a little differently that others. Bengal is a place that has given a lot of leaders, even during the freedom movement before partition. Sourav belongs to the same land. He has been handling the administration of a big organisation like the Cricket Association of Bengal. Among all big players who have entered administration Ganguly perhaps is at the top of the list".

"So far what I have read and heard, I think his focus is on further improving domestic cricket...He has also spoken in the past about changes but could not get it done. He also wants to reduce the monetary gap between international cricket and first-class cricket, he wants to make India's first-class structure as good as that of England and Australia and I think he is the right man for the job, about whom no one will have any reservations," the former Pakistan wicket-keeper said.

"I have been requesting that to the CoA for three years. That's the first thing I will do, look after the financial health of our first-class cricketers," Ganguly had said to the media after filing his nomination for the post.