Former Indian skipper and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly, who is all set to be replaced by Roger Binny, has reacted for the first time after it was known he would not continue in the post. "I have been an administrator and I will move on to something else," Ganguly said.

According to an ndtv.com report, Ganguly, while speaking at a Bandhan Bank event, confirmed that he was looking for other options now.

There have been reports that Ganguly was reluctant to relinquish his post as BCCI chief, and was forced to. Speaking on it, the former southpaw said, "I never believed in history but the feeling in the past was east lacked talent to play at that level. You don't become an Ambani or Narendra Modi in one day. You have to work for months and years to get there."

In fact The Telegraph had reported that Ganguly never saw it coming.

He always believed he would get a second term as BCCI president, much like secretary Jay Shah.

So when it was made public that he would not file his nomination ahead of its annual general meeting in Mumbai on October 18, there was shock and disbelief.

The Board hadn’t provided him with the slightest hint. He was kept updated on the day-to-day affairs of the Board besides the impending AGM and the former captain was unaware of the backroom activity that culminated in the meeting at an influential Union minister’s residence in New Delhi last week.

The entire operation had been kept under wraps with secretary Shah even engaging the president in a meeting last month to discuss Team India’s jersey sponsorship issue — Byju’s allegedly owes Rs 86 crore as dues to the Board.

The only note of discord, as sources told The Telegraph, was when Shah seemed to shoulder more responsibility in certain matters for the last couple of months.

The first signs of a change were evident when the Karnataka State Cricket Association decided to name its president Roger Binny in the electoral rolls.

Though the Union minister, along with former Board president N. Srinivasan, played a key role in Binny’s nomination to the BCCI chair, none came to the fore when the announcements were made about the new dispensation.

“The BJP had been waiting for this opportunity to humiliate Sourav. They wanted some favours from him after helping him get the BCCI chair. But there was nothing forthcoming."

At least Sourav can be proud of one thing: he never played into the hands of any political party. He can always hold his head high,” someone close to Sourav said on Wednesday.

For Sourav, all doors to the BCCI have been shut, for now. The ICC chair’s nomination too seems a far-fetched dream.There’s no doubt his next move will be closely watched.