Tag: Sourav Ganguly

Ganguly was admitted to hospital twice earlier this year and underwent emergency angioplasty after having some cardiac issues.

With Ganguly and Kohli directly contradicting each other in public, there is a visible issue between the board and India's Test skipper ahead of the big series against South Africa.

The ICC Board also approved the continuation of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) in its current form of a nine-team league over a two-year period with a final between the top two teams at the conclusion.

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The victory against the Englishmen at Lord’s in the Natwest Tri-series final is one of the historic moments in the Indian cricket history. The Yuvi-Kaif batting show was followed by waving of the Indian jersey by the then skipper at the Lord’s balcony at the end of the series that also featured Sri […]

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday rubbished reports of internal conflict within the Indian team following a humiliating One-Day International (ODI) series defeat against Bangladesh. “You get to hear all these when a team loses and has not played to their potential. I believe there is no conflict within the team, all of […]

Mumbai: Former Indian cricket team skipper Sourav Ganguly has defended cricketers Hardik Pandya and K.L. Rahul over their “Koffee With Karan” episode controversy. saying people make mistakes but everyone should move on and ensure it doesn’t happen again. Ganguly spoke at the trailer launch of the Hindi film “22 Yards”, with the cast members Barun […]

New Delhi: Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly rated the current Australian selection process as the “lowest ever” while responding to ex-captain Steve Waugh’s predicted playing XI for the fourth and final Test, starting Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). “Australian cricket selection at its lowest ever .. greats have to put teams in their […]

Kolkata: Lauding India’s 31-run victory over Australia in the first Test in Adelaide, former captain Sourav Ganguly predicted the series will be a hard-fought one and all four rubbers will yield results. “It’s an excellent win. Really credible,” Ganguly told reporters at the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) premises. Chasing 323 for victory, Australia’s lower […]

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said he was not surprised by India women’s cricket team’s decision to drop senior pro Mithali Raj for their World T20 World Cup semifinal loss to England. Despite scoring back to back half centuries, the ODI captain was rested for the final league stage game against Australia […]

Kolkata: Former captain Sourav Ganguly said on Friday India are a very good limited-overs side and have every chance of winning the Asia Cup. “India are a good side.They will do well in the Asia Cup,” Ganguly told reporters at the Eden Gardens here. The Asia Cup begins in Dubai on Saturday with Bangladesh taking […]

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday joined Bishan Singh Bedi and Dilip Vengsarkar in opposing the proposal to abolish the toss from Test cricket. Opinion has been divided among former cricketers since a newly-formed committee of the International Cricket Council (ICC), one that includes ex-international cricketers and coaches, elite panel umpires and match-referees, […]

New Delhi: Former skipper Sourav Ganguly believes India will go to any World Cup as favourites, whether they win or not, thanks to their consistency and quality. The cricketing great said that India was one of the title contenders in the 2003, 2007 editions of the World Cups and went on to lift the trophy […]

New Delhi: Virat Kohli and his brand of captaincy has caught the attention of fans and pundits alike, but former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that the present generation needs some time before they can be compared to the past national teams. “It is very difficult to compare generations. But every generation in Indian cricket […]

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday batted for the new International Cricket Council (ICC) rule through which players can be ordered off the field if they commit major offences. The ICC had on Tuesday announced that player can now be sent off the field for the rest of the match if a Level […]

Kolkata: As the sun finally came out after two days of overcast skies, the covers partially went off at the Eden Gardens here which is set to host the second One Day International between India and Australia on Thursday. The pitch was in full view as India skipper Virat Kohli, coach Ravi Shastri, bowling coach Bharat […]