The deposed India captain offered some pep talk to the Pakistani left-hander, who was not selected for the first Test.
Refusing to paint a gloomy picture of Test cricket, former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said the five-day game poses no serious threat from other formats and for a player it will always be the ultimate form of cricket.
Even as Indian Premier League, commissioner Rajeev Shukla hailed the comeback of Yuvraj Singh into the national side for the upcoming World Twenty20 championship in Sri Lanka, former India captain Sourav Ganguly has expressed surprise at the batsman's inclusion in the team.
Australia's legendary spinner Shane Warne picked his greatest Indian eleven, comprising the players he played against. A notable absentee from his list is VVS Laxman, who is named as 12th man.
Indian coach Greg Chappell said Sourav Ganguly's inclusion in the playing eleven would be a purely cricketing decision.
The cut crystal trophy will be presented to the winner of the India-South Africa two-Test series.
Chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, sprint queen P T Usha and football legend Bhaichung Bhutia are among the prominent sports personalities invited for Monday's ceremony.
The ICC dismissed allegations that it acted outside its own rules in the case of India captain Sourav Ganguly as inaccurate and misleading.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) will felicitate Sourav Ganguly on January 18 and present the former India captain with a golden bat which will have his cricketing records embossed on it.
Ganguly was banned for six One-Day Internationals following the team's slow over-rate during the home series against Pakistan in April.
Pune Warriors India will finally get to play at home this Indian Premier League as the Rs 260-crore international cricket stadium -- just 20kms from the city -- is set to be inaugurated in Pune, on Sunday.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly turns 44, on Friday, as wishes from the cricketing fraternity all over the world poured in on social media.
With no one bidding for Sourav Ganguly in the IPL players' auction on Saturday, the former India captain should call it quits rather than losing his self-esteem in public eye, feels a disappointed Debu Mitra, who had coached the left-hander during his formative years.
On the eve of Sourav Ganguly's 36th birthday which coincides with team selection for upcoming Sri Lanka tour, former chief selector Gundappa Viswanath made case for the ex-India captain, saying he still has much to deliver to the national team.
India play their first Day/Night Test against Bangladesh in Kolkata from November 22 and both the teams have reached the eastern megapolis.
ICPA vice-president Arun Lal said the six-match ban is 'excessive' and could impact a cricketer's career.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly lashed out at people who attacked Anushka Sharma for Virat Kohli's failure with the bat in the cricket World Cup semi-final against Australia, saying that it showed their immaturity.
Former India coach Greg Chappell has declined to address the Australian cricket team ahead of the Test series against Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men despite being invited by current coach Mickey Arthur.
Former Australia pacer Brett Lee feels ex-India skipper Sourav Ganguly has a huge wealth of knowledge and would do a great job if he is appointed as India's head coach.
The players' group has suggested a few options like having a short-term contract only for the duration of the IPL, so the cricketer is free to do commentary or coaching assignment for the rest of the year.
BCCI president-elect Sourav Ganguly said the achievement of Nobel prize winner and fellow Bengali Abhijit Banerjee is much bigger than his.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly, on Friday, congratulated legendary Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan, who is poised to become his country's prime minister after more than two decades of political struggle.
Sourav Ganguly believes the indifferent form of the Indian team will not have a bearing on its chances in the World Cup.
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'Ganguly, who turns 46 on Sunday, was one of the sharpest and farsighted cricketing minds, says Abhirup Bhattacharya in a biography on the former India cricketer, titled - 'Winning Like Sourav: Think & Succeed Like Ganguly'.
His 142-ball 117 gave East Zone a 113-run first innings lead over North, who were 106 for 3 in the second innings at stumps on day 2.
Telecom operator Vodafone and Star India announced a tie-up on Thursday through which the broadcaster's sports telecasts can be viewed on mobile phones, which was welcomed by former India captains Kapil Dev and Sourav Ganguly in Mumbai.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian skipper to register six victories against Australia in Tests after India won the second Test in Hyderabad by an innings and 135 runs on Tuesday.
The former England batsman believes Rahul Dravid needs to be more assertive for the team to rediscover success.
Veteran Sourav Ganguly marked his belated return to the Indian Premier League with a gutsy batting display as Pune Warriors notched a comfortable six-wicket victory over Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
There was some reprieve for Hardik Pandya at last as the Mumbai Indians' captain did not face crowd hostility at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai during their IPL clash against Delhi Capitals on Sunday.
The former India captain accused the former BCCI chief of playing with his career.
'If I thought it would not be possible, I would not have been playing now,' said the former India captain, who is playing Country cricket in England.
The Indian team manager in Pakistan labelled the deposed captain as the laziest member of the team.
The former India captain said it would be wrong to ask Parthiv Patel or Yuvraj Singh to open the batting in the third Test.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly says the Board of Control for Cricket in India should have ensured that senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was not kept out of the national side for more than six months.
Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan showered flying kisses to fans off the pitch as his team Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) battled it out against Kings XI Punjab(KXIP) at the Eden Gardens.
Pakistan's batting mainstay Misbah-ul-Haq on Wednesday signed up to play for the Kolkata team in the Indian Premier League set to start from April 18.
Former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly denied he is a frontrunner to become the president of Board of Control for Cricket in India.
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