The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is in the middle of a transition phase under new president Sourav Ganguly, who took over after the Committee of Administrators' which was put in place by the Supreme Court to oversee the implementation of the Lodha reforms.

Among the many reforms that Justice Lodha suggested in his report, the one on tenure cap for BCCI's office-bearers is something which Ganguly is seeking to dilute and has also appealed to the Supreme Court about the same.

As per the current constitution, an office-bearer who has served two three-year terms, either at the BCCI or at the state association, goes into a compulsory three-year cooling-off period. Ganguly, who took charge on October 23, has to vacate office next year but a dilution could see him continue till 2024.

Ganguly differs in his point of view on the issue of tenure cap and is of the opinion that continuity in administration is very important for the board to function properly.

"To be honest, not many things have changed. It's been 5 years since the reforms were introduced. It's not right to say that this is the first time BCCI has gone to the court for the reforms. Also to tell the court what is practical in running the board.

"I have been in the BCCI working committee, representing the CAB. This time when I went to the AGM, there was not one single face that was there in the last 4 or 5 years. And sometimes, you cannot just throw away experience," Ganguly said at the India Today Conclave East on Friday.

Ganguly also justified his point by stating that it would be unfair to expect new people to come into administration get into the groove of running the board in a limited time period.

"Look at the earnings of the BCCI, it earned about Rs 25,000 crore in the last 5 years. It's a phenomenal amount of revenue. The game has to be run, your representation at the world body has to be sorted.

"To just expect newcomers to come and do it over a period of time, I don't think it's a fair thing. Continuity is important. Even state associations for that matter, leadership is important. You need to get the right people. If you don't, the entire system will come down.

"You need good people to run any form of administration, be it business, be it the government. You need experienced people to run it. So continuity is very important," Ganguly said.

Ganguly also cited the examples of Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the Cricket West Indies (CWI), how cricket in their part of the world has been on a donward slide because of a failure in administration.

"If you look at South Africa. When I came in in 1996, they were probably the best side in the world. A team which had Pollock, Donald, Kallis, Klusener. Look at their current team. They speak about how the relationship with the administration has fallen off, how the sponsors want to back away because the cricket is not run properly.

"Even somebody like Grame Smith doesn't want to take up the job (CSA director of cricket) because he feels he will not be allowed a free run.

"Look at West Indies. What a force they were in the past. I feel one of the main reasons cricket not doing well in these parts of the world is because of administrative failure. And you don't want to do that in India because India is the powerhouse of world cricket."