Pune Warriors India captain Sourav Ganguly blamed his batsmen for their seven-wicket loss to Kings XI Punjab and said they should have shown more "common sense" to post a bigger total on the board.
Rookie leg-spinner Piyush Chawla took 3 for 29 as India crushed Ireland by 9 wickets.
With Duncan Fletcher's two-year tenure as India coach nearing its end, former captain Sourav Ganguly has pitched in for a home-grown person to take charge of the team next year, saying that the country has enough talent for an Indian to become a coach.
India's captain was fined his entire match fee for the team's slow over rate in Saturday's third ODI against Pakistan.
India's captain believes the leg spinner will still be a great bowler when he returns to action after completing his one-year drugs ban.
'This is not just my moment, it belongs to every girl who dreams of making it big in cricket.'
Having re-established their hegemony in the familiar environs of home with three successive Test wins against Australia, India should strive to once again become a force to reckon with in the alien conditions abroad, feels former captain Sourav Ganguly.
Ganguly faces backlash for not taking a stand on WFI chief's alleged misconduct
'He was always a people's person. Don't forget he had been a Delhi captain in a team that had a lot of big stars, India players. They played under him and he managed them fairly well.'
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is open to coaching the senior national team if the Indian cricket board feels that he is a suitable candidate for the hot seat.
The India vice-captain said it is only a matter of time before Ganguly is back among the runs.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said he wants to play in the Indian Premier League for a few more years before looking at other cricketing assignments.
Describing Sunil Narine as the man with a "golden arm", former India captain Sourav Ganguly said the Kolkata Knight Riders' 'mystery' spinner would be the team's trump card in the sixth season of the Indian Premier League T20.
Meanwhile, continuing with the policy of experimentation, Sehwag indicated that Robin Uthappa could make his debut and Mahendra Singh Dhoni could bat up the order.
The decision was taken after state association's working committee meeting chaired by former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said that VVS Laxman has sent out a "loud and clear" message to the selectors by deciding to quit international cricket with immediate effect.
'We are the only side who have competed well against Australia in the last few years,' the former India captain asserted.
'This is like the Indian team not having Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. It's a huge factor'
BCCI office-bearers are expected to be elected unopposed.
The Indian captain said that Railways' off-spinner Kulamani Parida is the best replacement for Harbhajan Singh.
Asked who's to compare Kohli with Tendulkar, Ganguly said: "It's a difficult question to answer."
Speculations were rife that the former batting great will join the BJP ahead of the state assembly elections.
'Iron body with heart of a Lion. Mohammed Siraj.'
"A choker is someone who cracks under pressure and we've not always done that," said the Indian captain.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly will be the cynosure of all eyes when he takes field in the second and final four-day match between India A and New Zealand A in Chennai on Friday. The otherwise low-profile encounter has assumed significance with Ganguly, out of cricket for over a month, given a place in India A squad to gain some match practice before the first Test against Australia on October 9.
One of the most successful Indian captains, Ganguly, who retired from international cricket in 2008, further said he missed the "7'o clock nervousness" moments while getting up for a Test match.
The former Indian skipper played 113 Tests and 311 ODIs for India. He scored 18,575 runs across all formats in his international career. Ganguly led India in 195 matches across all formats winning 97 of those games.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly said he fears for the future of Indian cricket administration given how 'poorly' the sexual harassment allegation against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri has been handled along with some other key issues.
Cricket has never been the same since India's thrilling, last-over win over Pakistan in the final at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, on September 24, 2007.
Wriddhiman Saha is making a comeback to his home state Bengal two years after a public fallout.
Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly added another feather to his cap when he was awarded honorary fellowship by the University of Central Lancashire.
'India were also winning in the '70s and '80s. He wasn't born then'
"He needs to score a bit more runs when it's seaming and swinging": Sourav Ganguly urges Shubman Gill to step up as captain, batter in testing English conditions
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly steered clear of giving an opinion on the Lodha Committee's reforms, which have been made binding by the Supreme Court, saying it is for the Board of Control for Cricket in India to decide.
Indian cricket board president Sourav Ganguly expects next year's Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played in the country after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to stage the second half of this year's tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly has said that Pakistani batsman Sarfraz Ahmed is great as a captain and leaders like him are not born every day.
Sourav Ganguly, who is set to be the new Board of Control of Cricket in India president, wants the Virat Kohli-led national team to reverse the trend of losing the knockout games in ICC events.
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