He said while the youth were interested in film heroines, they should not forget the people who fought for the nation's self-respect.\n\n
Team manager Ratnakar Shetty said it's early to say if he will be able to play in the first Test.
However there is no clarity whether Ponting will get the support staff of his choice as Shane Watson and James Hopes might not be seen in the dug-out next time around.
Later this year, India and Australia are slated to face each other in a four-match Test series. The second Test of the series at Adelaide will be a day-night Test contest.
He was the manager of the Indian team during its memorable NatWest Trophy triumph over England at Lord's way back in 2002 and Rajiv Shukla has revealed that Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman refused then skipper Sourav Ganguly's request of taking off their shirts and wave it.
"Either you drop them or take them. There is nothing called 'rested'," says Kapil Dev.
'It is not that we took the decision out of some vengeance.' ' 'It was not that we dropped someone because we had some enmity with him.'
'This is not just my moment, it belongs to every girl who dreams of making it big in cricket.'
Sourav Ganguly-led BCCI's demand is for a tournament involving the 'Big Three' of India, Australia and England plus another country to be slotted into an already bursting schedule, putting it on course for a clash with the ICC, which has enjoyed a period of calm in recent years at its Dubai headquarters. India's 'Super Series' proposal is a concern to many in the game, including the executive chairman of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), Tony Irish.
In that Test, India beat Australia by 171 runs to become the third team in the history of Test cricket to win a match after being forced to follow-on.
The left-hander was named captain of the Bengal Ranji Trophy squad for the opening match against Maharashtra.
At a function to felicitate the performance of the Indian team and Sourav Ganguly, the one year old drew the maximum applause.
'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'.
The group has more than 9000 fans from across the state and the masks have been sent out to the members in various districts like Bardhaman, Asansol, Nadia, North, South 24 Parganas. They will be sporting the masks on Wednesday.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at Chepauk on Tuesday.
Ramiz Raja part of ICC working group formed to review cricket in Afghanistan
The BCCI's 'be present in person for interview' clause for picking selectors has been born out of a strong desire to avoid a Ravi Shastri-like fiasco in the future. Clause 11 of selection criteria put up by the Indian Cricket Board states "candidates should be willing to appear for personal interview", indicating that the BCCI learnt its lesson from the controversy that broke in the aftermath of interviews for the Indian coach's job. Shastri had appeared for his personal interview via video conferencing.
Will the Bengal-Gujarat Ranji Trophy game be played?
The deposed Indian captain would continue to play domestic tournaments to make a comeback into the national side.
"They have announced a very balanced, strong and experienced touring squad for the tests," said the Pakistani skipper.
The 50-year-old lavished praise on French forward Kylian Mbappe, who scored four goals in the summit clash but still ended on the losing side.
Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma achieved a special feat on Thursday when he became the fifth Indian skipper to score 5000 runs while leading the team across all formats (Test, ODI, and T20I).
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confirmed that IPL 2021 will be held as per schedule despite the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases in India in the past few weeks.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly is in favour of drafting left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha in the India side for the Perth Test in place of a struggling R Ashwin.
Rookie Australian off-spinner Jason Krejza on Friday described his dismissal of Sourav Ganguly as the most important among the five wickets he took on the second day of the fourth and final cricket Test in Nagpur.
Ganguly scored only 9 for Northants against Essex while the Indian fast bowler went wicketless in his 11-over spell while conceding 33 runs for Worcestershire against Derbyshire.
Wriddhiman Saha acknowledged that his axing from the national side under Rahul Dravid's coaching tenure in 2022.
The Pakistan captain said that having led the side for five years Sourav Ganguly understood his players better.
However, it seems the Australian hasn't fully recovered as he missed DC's last game against the Gujarat Titans on Wednesday
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.
Ganguly's comment came after some reports stated that concerned with poor ticket sales especially during the India-Sri Lanka series opener last month at EdenGardens, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president has pushed for day-night Test matches at home.
The much-anticipated ISL, an IPL-style football league to be organised by IMG-Reliance, is throwing up some interesting possibilities, both on and off the field.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on Monday welcomed the national selectors' decision to recall off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for the first two Tests of the upcoming series against Australia.
The deposed India captain, who was axed from the Test squad, urged his fans to desist from activities that disrupt normal life.
The Indian captain had no problems while working out at a gymnasium.
Asked what was tougher between being a player and BCCI president, Ganguly had no hesitation while responding to the question.
