Sourav Ganguly
Sourav Ganguly
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly; born 8 July 1972), affectionately known as Dada, is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national team. Currently, he is appointed as the honourable President of the CAB and President of the Editorial Board with Wisden India...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth8 July 1972
CityKolkata, India
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We won for the first time in Harare, but you have to remember the previous Zimbabwe here consisted of people like Andy and Grant Flower, Ray Price and others,
agree captain everybody given people pressure reason selected whether
Whether people agree or not, a captain is under more pressure and that is the reason he is selected before everybody else and given time,
ms-dhoni people missing
When I used to be the captain of India, many people literally hated me for being overly expressive. Once I retired, the same people used to say COME BACK DADA, WE MISS YOU. The same thing will happen in the case of MS Dhoni. The ones who criticise him right now will understand his importance once he retires.
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Dhoni backs players as well. People like (Suresh) Raina, (Ravindra) Jadeja, and Rohit Sharma have developed under him as players and has some terrific qualities as a leader.
believe people arrogance
Some people have called me arrogant or believe that is my reputation, which is far from what I really am like.
bat credit early easy played
Credit to them, they played very well. It was not an easy wicket to bat on early on - but they played like real champions.
lucky similarly
(Michael) Vaughan is lucky that Gilchrist has not shone with the bat. We were also similarly lucky in 2003-04 when Gilchrist couldn't get going.
five last played six win
We need to win well. We haven't played well in our last five or six one-day games,
country few pressure understand
The pressure will be there, but you need to understand that we've only been in this country a few days.
against break coming cricket good taking west
We have a lot of cricket coming up against Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and England. That's going to be tough, so I think it's good that he's taking a break now and he can come back completely healed.
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I batted well in both the innings and have played well over the last four-five months. I hope to do well in Pakistan if my present form continues, backed by a bit of luck.
fit hope shape trying
I am trying to get into shape for the season. I hope to be fit for the Sri Lanka series.
statement time
Only time will tell. It's not right for me to make a statement now.
asked step
It's true, I was asked to step down but that's all I have to say at this stage,