After creating a social media flutter, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday clarified his posts and also revealed that he is indeed starting a new initiative to help "all the educators, teachers, and coaches". (More Cricket News)
"I have been getting a lot of questions about my previous post," wrote the ඣformer India captain in a message.
Many have speculated that the cricket legend was leaving the Indian cricket board to take a political plunge.
"I am planning to start something that I feel will pr♈obably help a lot of people," thus wrote Ganguly. Then, the 🔯cricket legend continued in the morning, with a teaser.
"💜;Revealing the first of its kind in India at 12 PM... not an educational a𝔉pp."
And soon came ✤the revelatiಌon in a series of tweets.
"I have been getting a lot of questions about my previous post. For a while, I have been thinking ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚabout one group of people that has been helping our society selflessly and making India greဣat every day," Ganguly wrote.
"IPL gave us amazing players but what inspires me, even more, is the amount of sweat and blood th▨e coaches of all these players put in for their success. This is not just true for Cricket, but for all the other fields like Academics, Football, Music, etc as well. I am fortunate to get all the coaches who made me what I am today," he wrote.
Revealing ไthe brand ൲he's associated with, the 49-year-old added:
"For ages, we have been glorifying actꦚors, players, and successful CEOs for the remarkable work they have done. It is time that we glorify the true heroes, their COACHES and EDUCATORS.
I want to do something for all the coaches, educators and teachers across the world. Starting today, I wil🅠l actively work toꦿ support all of them by being their ambassador."
For the uninitiated, Sourav Ganguly was alrea💎dy a brand ambassador for Classplus. In 2022, they launched ಌan ad featuring Sourav Ganguly.