Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has felt "sorry" for pace bowler S Sreesanth, who was handed a life ban on charges of spot-fixing in IPL.
The former Aus leg-spinner then went on to place a bet with Ganguly, asking him to buy him dinner and wear the Australian jersey if the Aussies would win the June 10 ICC Champions Trophy match against England and he in turn would wear the England jersey if the Poms won.
Steve Waugh said the Indian captain should not be alone blamed for the team's slow over-rate against Pakistan
"The commitment to excellence still stands. The players understand what is expected of them and Sourav is no different," said India's coach.
As the winning run was hit, skipper Ganguly took his shirt off at the balcony of Lord's Cricket Ground to celebrate in style.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday said Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a 'champion ODI player' but doubted if he is still that good in the shortest format.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has termed the West Indies pull out as unfortunate and unprecedented as the visitors cancelled the ongoing series.
Former Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif believes the four-nation tournament proposal revealed by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly will f'lop' like the Big Three model. The former Pakistan wicketkeeper saw it as an attempt by the formidable trio of India, Australia and England to isolate other member nations.
Shunned by all the franchises for the fourth edition, Sourav Ganguly's remarks on the IPL snub and his future in a television interview on Monday triggered speculation that the former India captain has retired from all forms of the game.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has advised temperamental Bengal pacer Ashoke Dinda to "concentrate" on doing well for the state team rather than grumble about not getting a national call-up.
The numbers are heavily in favour of Mahendra Singh Dhoni but former India batsman Gautam Gambhir says spin legend Anil Kumble was the best India captain he has ever played under. Gambhir has high regards for Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly as India skippers, but believes Kumble would have been phenomenal as captain had he led the national team for a longer period.
In what could be a game-changing move for the struggling East Bengal, EPL giants Manchester United may end up taking the ownership of one of oldest football clubs in the country.
The Indian middle-order batsman passed a fitness test on his stiff back on Thursday.
Sunil Gavaskar has joined the list of former players who believe India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni should bat higher in the order.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said Anil Kumble was nearly dropped for their famous tour to Australia in 2003-04 but it was him who fought with the selectors till late in the night to take the legendary leg-spinner on board. According to Ganguly, the selectors were keen for a left-arm spinner Murali Kartik for the tour Down Under but on Ganguly's insistence Kumble was taken as he returned with 24 wickets, the highest in the series with India retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after drawing the series 1-1.
"Don't forget that there is an ICC chairman's nomination to be filed on October 20. Whether the powerful people in the BCCI have a change of heart, is the question," he said.
The southpaw is in London for a six-week stint with Northamptonshire as a stand-in for Aussie batsman Chris Rogers.
Danish Kaneria said the PCB should really look to rope in former players to groom the budding talent in the country.
His 51-ball blitzkrieg of 73 powered Northamptonshire to an 11-run victory over Worcestershire in the Twenty20 Cup match.
BCCI President and former captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday said the Indian cricket team under Virat Kohli has all the talent to be considered a legitimate contender for the T20 World Cup and it only needs to show a bit of maturity to claim the trophy.
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'There is no one to lend solidity to the middle order and he would be the right person,' said Kiran More, former chairman of selectors.
The India captain believes the series was a lot closer than it appeared when New Zealand took a 4-0 lead.
'You are playing a World Test Championships final, and you don't pick the number one bowler in Test cricket.'
Lionel Messi's much-anticipated visit to India has received its final seal of approval with the Argentine superstar set to kick off his three-city tour in Kolkata on December 12.
The former India captain took three wickets and contributed 43 runs as Bengal were 113 runs ahead of Punjab.
'As I was walking out to bat after Tendulkar's wicket, I could see people leaving the stands.' 'From that situation to win the game, it is something I will cherish forever.'
Ganguly was also effusive in his praise for young pacer Renuka Singh.
The former India captain, along with Dhoni, Laxman and Karthik, inaugurated Suman Chattopadhyay's photo exhibition in London, on Tuesday.
His fight against cancer might have kept him away from cricket for close to 10 months, but it was a vintage Yuvraj Singh who was on display in his comeback match against New Zealand, former India captain Sourav Ganguly said.
The Indian captain will lead a 15-member East Zone team for the Duleep Trophy match against North Zone.
The former India captain said he is prepared for the hectic season ahead.
India captain Rohit Sharma's abysmal form in the IPL is not a matter of concern as he will be back among the runs soon, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said on Tuesday.
Fans of Sourav Ganguly will get a lifetime chance to spend time with their idol on the former India captain's 40th birthday on Sunday.
Former India and Bengal pacer Ashoke Dinda on Tuesday announced his retirement from all formats of cricket, bringing the curtains down on a career spanning one and a half decade.
Players getting lured by the growing number of T20 leagues is a short-term phenomenon as eventually 'only a few' financially sustainable leagues will survive, said former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly wants a shorter than mandated quarantine period for the Indian team when it travels to Australia for a Test series this year as "we don't want the players to go that far and sit in hotel rooms for two weeks". The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the rules of the game, which restarted with the ongoing Test series between England and the West Indies. Players have to be in quarantine for two weeks and be tested for the virus before they can take the field in empty stadiums for now.
BCCI Ombudsman Justice (Retd) D K Jain sought written submissions from Sourav Ganguly and the three complainants in the alleged Conflict of Interest case against the the former India captain.
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