Barely a few weeks after retiring from international cricket, former India [ Images ] captain Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] was on Thursday nominated as a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's Technical Committee.

"Sourav Ganguly has been nominated to the Technical Committee of the BCCI," a press release from BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said.

Ganguly has the experience of close to 20 years of cricket behind him and will be a key addition to the Technical Committee, the powerful body which takes decisions on cricketing matters and rule changes.

The BCCI's technical committee is headed by former captain Sunil Gavaskar [ Images ] and also has former Test batsman Chetan Chauhan, national selector Kris Srikkanth among other members.

Following is the full list of technical committee members: Sunil Gavaskar (chairman), Chetan Chauhan, M V Sridhar, Biman Bhattacharjee, Milind Rege, Gyanendra Pandey, Kris Srikkanth, Sourav Ganguly, V K Ramaswamy, N Srinivasan.