honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
echo what SS told..
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Ganguly to retire after Australia Tests
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
We'll be fine. The main issue with our inability to win games in the 90s was bowling, not batting.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Good riddance.
pasag
RTDAS
India have a huge amount of depth. Badri, Kaif, Sharma, Raina waiting in the wings batting wise and a wealth of spin bowling to replace Kumble (Chawla, Powar, Kartik just off the top of my head). They'll definitely be able to hold their own in the short term.
duffer
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
We're not going to be minnow bad any time soon, but I do expect a lot more inconsistency when bedding in a lot of new guys. Once the 4 great bats go, we'll be so ridiculously reliant on Sehwag and Gambhir it's worrying. Unless of course someone steps up big time, but that would be a bonus for mine and unfair to expect a new guy to be able to come in straight away and accomplish.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
The lost play at The 'Gabba certainly made some amount of impact too.
Had lost time been able to be made-up, Australia could quite conceivably have won that game.
pasag
RTDAS
Could go either way but hardly a period 'where they cannot win a game' and 'no hope'.
biased indian
International Coach
Greatest captain ever for india.......
sad that he didnt get to play a test @ kolkata in this series..would have loved to have his farewell game @ kolkata. you have to see to feal the following he have there.for every one old and young he is dada (Big brother)
sad that he didnt get to play a test @ kolkata in this series..would have loved to have his farewell game @ kolkata. you have to see to feal the following he have there.for every one old and young he is dada (Big brother)
pup11
International Coach
AWTA, Indian cricket probably has the best bench strength it has ever had, there are lot of talented young batsmen, spinners and fast bowlers waiting in the wings to get an opportunity, of course they aren't anywhere near the class of the fab 5, but they still are good enough to make sure that Indian cricket' standard doesn't dip much.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Love him for the same reason Waugh doesn't:
Reload this Page Ganguly to retire after Australia Tests
Hi,
Indian former captain Sourav Ganggully retired from cricket I am very much sucked by this news.I think he has taken right decision because he had been blamed since 4 years.Though he is the most successful captain ever .But The selector had been ignoring him though was playing well.In last Srilanka series most of the bats men failed to score including Sachin, Rahul they have been selected for Irani trophy but Sourav was not selected.But The selection committee headed by K srikant made a good decision by selecting Sourav for Australia test series .Lastly I can say Sourav is a really great Batsmen .I hope Your good performance for Australia test series.Your are Really Night Rider .
Hi,
Indian former captain Sourav Ganggully retired from cricket I am very much sucked by this news.I think he has taken right decision because he had been blamed since 4 years.Though he is the most successful captain ever .But The selector had been ignoring him though was playing well.In last Srilanka series most of the bats men failed to score including Sachin, Rahul they have been selected for Irani trophy but Sourav was not selected.But The selection committee headed by K srikant made a good decision by selecting Sourav for Australia test series .Lastly I can say Sourav is a really great Batsmen .I hope Your good performance for Australia test series.Your are Really Night Rider .
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Yeah love the bloke, for all his faults, you can't deny what he has done for Indian cricket as whole. One of the best ODI batsmen of all time as well.
Sanz
Hall of Fame Member
One of the greatest Cricketers from India, had limited talent, but he made the most of it. He is our greatest captain and highly under-rated by many. His biggest achievement was to take Indian Cricket out of Match Fixing rut and take it to a height Indian cricket fans have rarely seen .
Well Done Ganguly !!!
Well Done Ganguly !!!
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Good move from Ganguly. A very good player for India; both in Tests and ODIs. He picked the right time, imo, as his place in the team was being put under scrutiny with performance as a secondary criteria, it is then that you know your time is up. He has a final chance for a good sendoff, whether his last Test will be the second Test or the fourth Test remains to be seen, but I do hope that it is the latter. Moreover, I believe that this is a clever move from Ganguly which may just guarantee him a place in the first two Tests against Australia, if his place wasn't guaranteed already.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Ganguly was one of the best captains India had. I wont call him the best but one of the best is a tag honourable enough. He was a limited test batsman in the sense that he was not a great like a Tendulkar but is one of the best one day players of all time.
He was treated poorly by the selectors in the end when he was dropped from the ODI squad despite having a successful run previous to his dropping. This is the best way to go keeping pride intact given that his selection is not a guarantee in the squad.
He was treated poorly by the selectors in the end when he was dropped from the ODI squad despite having a successful run previous to his dropping. This is the best way to go keeping pride intact given that his selection is not a guarantee in the squad.
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SJS
Hall of Fame Member
It is sad. His time had come for sure. But wish he was going happily - doesn't look like that. Do hope he scores some good runs in the series (assuming he will be in the playing eleven).
A player with more grit and character than cricketing skills. His batting looked good when it worked but his technical difficulties were there for anyone who knew the game to see, particularly against the faster bowling.
Great performer in the shorter version of the game and responsible for changing the outlook of the Indian team. The second skipper after Pataudi Jr to do so. He will be missed.
A player with more grit and character than cricketing skills. His batting looked good when it worked but his technical difficulties were there for anyone who knew the game to see, particularly against the faster bowling.
Great performer in the shorter version of the game and responsible for changing the outlook of the Indian team. The second skipper after Pataudi Jr to do so. He will be missed.
