It's not everyday that the guards of a five-star facility on EM Bypass are taken aback to find City of Joy's most loved icon Sourav Ganguly getting down from yellow ambassador taxi to attend a Board of Control for Cricket in India meeting.
India's cricket captain said there will not be an overall reduction on payments under the proposed contract system.
Adding to the list of admirers of Gautam Gambhir, India's most consistent batsman in recent times, is former captain Sourav Ganguly, who is impressed by the temperament of the Delhi dasher. Gambhir completed his 3000 runs in One-Day Internationals during his splendid innings of 150 not out that saw India outclass Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the fourth match and seal the five-match series 3-1 with a match to spare.
The return of Ganguly has made Team India a more resolute unit, feels South African coach Mickey Arthur.
While Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly was slapped the penalty showing dissent in Thursday's IPL match, Rajasthan Royals' skipper was hauled up for publicly commenting on a match-related incident.
Everyone is human, declared former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Friday night, referring to Mahendra Singh Dhoni's on-field spat with the umpires during Thursday's Indian Premier League game between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings in Jaipur.
'He is someone who has played a lot of cricket before, who knows the situation we are in, what the team needs, and the requirements of Indian cricket.'
India's tour of Pakistan, which starts this week, could decide the future of the former India captain.
The former India captain believes Australia are not the same force since bowling greats Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne retired.
The Indian captain is keen to play for another four to five years and help India scale new heights.
The India captain said he could not say from a distance what had gone wrong with the team's performance.
'We'll miss him, obviously, but we want him fit for the bigger games," India's captain said.
"It was an innocent mistake," India coach John Wright said of the incident.
Rohit Sharma on Wednesday was named India's full-time white-ball captain.
Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Mohammad Kaif were left out of the first two one-day internationals against the West Indies.
Ganguly is hopeful that Virat Kohli's men will bring the World Test Championship trophy home
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who is a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club World Cricket Committee, will skip its upcoming meeting at Lord's on August 11-12.
India claimed a memorable four-wicket victory at Adelaide Oval, on December 16, 2003 -- their first Test win on Australian soil in 22 years.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday equalled Sourav Ganguly's Indian record of winning most Tests as captain following his team's eight-wicket-victory in the first Test against Australia in Chennai. A detailed comparison of India's two most successful captains.
"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
India's captain expressed satisfaction with the itinerary for the tour of Pakistan.
In England for a five-week stint at Northamptonshire, India's most successful captain told BBC Radio Northampton, 'I want to put runs on the board and get back into the national team.'
Sourav Ganguly and VRV Singh will replace Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh in the Indian team for the first Test in South Africa.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will join compatriot Virender Sehwag and other top cricketers from around the world in the inaugural edition of the Masters Champions League Twenty20 tournament, to be held in the United Arab Emirates in January.
Ganguly said Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has confirmed her presence at Eden Gardens
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has hit back at Ravi Shastri saying the former team director of India has made it 'very personal' and he was hurt by Shastri's 'immature comments'. Shastri had earlier said that Ganguly should 'take his job seriously' after the latter was absent at the time of his interview for the post of India's head coach.
Ranbir Singh Mahendra has said that the selection committee will decide Sourav Ganguly's fate as captain
Former India coach Greg Chappell has revealed details of the tumultuous relationship he shared with former captain Sourav Ganguly.
Wriddhiman Saha will retire from cricket at the end of this year's Ranji Trophy.
'Iron body with heart of a Lion. Mohammed Siraj.'
In a 16-member board, the candidate needs just nine votes from the directors to get elected.
Ex-India captain Sourav Ganguly and Baroda's Krunal Pandya were among a host of cricketers who have come to aid of former India player Jacob Martin, who is in a critical condition in a Baroda hospital
Former captain Sourav Ganguly wants the BCCI to immediately send Mohammed Shami to join the Indian team in Australia, even if he is unable to play in the Perth Test.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly was baffled at the abject surrender of the Indian batsmen at the batting surface at Adelaide Oval in the fourth and final Test, saying that even good pitches creates problems for batsmen low on confidence.
Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly along with Mumbai Cricket Association joint Secretary Dr PV Shetty are the two erstwhile Indian Premier League governing council members deemed eligible to attend Monday's auctions, but the former captain is not going to be present.
BCCI president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly Saturday suffered a "mild" heart attack and had to undergo a quick "primary angioplasty" to clear a blocked coronary artery, a doctor said.
The former India captain also backed out-of-favour all-rounder Hardik Pandya to regain his place in the side after returning to full fitness.
'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.'
Ganguly also said that his daughter is too young to know anything about politics and she should be left alone
