Sourav Ganguly Quotes

“The way Harsha Bhogle and Ravi Shastri rebuked him from the press box during the Zimbabwe series was in conformity with Chappell’s language and tone. It was Harsha who sensed something was wrong inside the dressing room during the Zimbabwe tour. His exchange with the skipper compelled the latter to divulge what had actually happened in a weak moment.”
― Saptarshi Sarkar, Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy

“It’s true that Dalmiya had a role to play in Ganguly’s selection in 1996, and later on in his captaincy in 2000.”
― Saptarshi Sarkar, Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy

“In the Internet world, Sambit Bal, chief editor of Cricinfo.com, was perceived as anti-Ganguly,”
― Saptarshi Sarkar, Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy

“Unfortunately, the same journalists refused to comment when Srinivasan (the BCCI chairperson) and Srikkanth (the selection committee chairman) brazenly pushed players from their own state, Tamil Nadu, into the national side: Badrinath suddenly came into prominence; Murali Vijay got selected out of nowhere; Balaji’s injury got cured overnight; Ashwin became the spinner of choice;”
― Saptarshi Sarkar, Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy

“Harsha Bhogle is always politically correct and keeps praising Indian players, but he doesn’t extend the same courtesy to Ganguly. Sarcasm is Bhogle’s favourite weapon.”
― Saptarshi Sarkar, Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy

“Once, in Dominica, with a target of 86 in 15 overs and with 7 wickets in hand, India put a stop to the chase under good batting conditions and squandered the chance to notch the first-ever Test series win in SA!”
― Saptarshi Sarkar, Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy

“Experience counts but Greg, even at the cost of the team’s larger interests, was hell-bent on not giving any importance to Ganguly.”
― Saptarshi Sarkar, Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy

“Throughout he has toyed with his fate, tempting it to turn its back on him so that once again he could surprise the world with a stunning restoration. Something in him rebelled against the mundane and the sensible. He needed his life to be full of disasters and rescues, and comebacks and mistakes and memorable moments. To hell with the prosaic. At heart he is a cavalier.”
― Saptarshi Sarkar, Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy