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Ganguly banking on Umar Gul in Shoaib's absence
2008-04-15 05:39:00 Kolkata, With speedster Shoaib Akhtar's chances of playing in the Indian Premier League looking dim, Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly is banking on another Pakistani pacer, Umar Gul, to deliver the goods in the tournament beginning on April 18."Umar Gul is in our team. He will serve us well," Ganguly told newspersons here when asked about the Rawalpindi Express' absence from his side.Shoaib is fighting a five-year ban slapped on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board and the IPL authorities made it clear that the speedster would not be allowed to play unless he gets the ban lifted.Meanwhile, Ganguly, who shone with the bat in the third and final Test against South Africa, said he would have no problem adjusting to the Twenty20 format of the IPL."I'll get to the Twenty20 mode once I practise for a couple of days," he said soon after landing at the NSC Bose International Airport.Ganguly also did not foresee any difficulty in captaining a mixed team comprising stars from vari...
Kumble, Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman declared fit for SA series
2008-03-08 19:41:00 Skipper Anil Kumble and veteran team-mates Rahul Dravid, V V S Laxman and Sourav Ganguly have declared fit for the upcoming Test series against South Africa starting on 26 March in Chennai.
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Sourav Ganguly gets his best score in test and first double hundred
2007-12-09 09:39:00 What a series this has been for Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly got his first ever century in home ground in tests at Kolkata last test and in the next match at Bangalore. Ganguly gets his best ever total in test cricket. Ganguly seems to be unstoppable though he is at the end of his career. Sourav Ganguly made superb double hundred and got out on 239 to get his highest score in career. Ganguly took just 361 balls for this and hit 30 fours and 2 classy sixes. Also this is Ganguly's first double hundred in his 99 matches career.At one stage India were struggling at 61-4 but there was Dada in whom the whole responsibility of the game was. Dada made a partnership of 300 with another century maker Yuvraj Singh not only to rescue his team but to take India to a winning position. Its because of Sourav Ganguly that once again India has got a score of over 600 with some batting still left. Ganguly after playing a superb knock got bowled out by Danish Kaneria when he tried to sweep a ball.What a ma...
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Sourav Ganguly bats for Dhoni?s captaincy
2007-09-24 18:14:00 Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly Monday said Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his leadership quality has the capability to emerge as one of the finest skippers of the nation.
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Profile of Sourav Ganguly
2007-06-19 08:46:00 Full Name: Sourav Chandidas GangulyBorn: July 8, 1972 in Kolkata, India Batting Style Left-handed batsmanBowling Style Right-arm medium Test Debut England vs. India at Lord’s – June 20-24, 1996 ODI Debut West Indies vs. India at Brisbane – January 11, 1992 Sourav Ganguly, the name which memorise us the World Cup 2003, a man who enter our Cricket team into word Cup final 2003 for the second time in the history of cricket. He is also famous by Prince of Kolkata. He has been India’s most aggressive and successful captain till date. ‘Dada’ for his dear ones, Ganguly is also the country’s most controversial cricketer. Invariably, one of the greatest batsmen of all time, he was termed as the ‘God on the off-side’ by none other than his peer Rahul Dravid. Ever since his debut in 1992, Sourav Ganguly has been in the eye of the storm on numerous occasions. His assertiveness both as a skipper and player has often earned him flak from other players and administrators...
Sourav Ganguly returns with 83
2006-12-08 16:17:02 Sourav Ganguly made a triumphant return to the Indian cricket team when he and Irfan Pathan rescued the tourists from a pace barrage by the Rest of South Africa team. Ganguly made 83 and fellow left-hander Pathan went on to score an unbeaten 111 as the Indians recovered from 69 for five to reach 316 for seven at the end of the first day of a four-day match on Thursday.Ganguly, 34, who had not played for India since a series against Pakistan in February, came in at 37 for three while fast bowler Morne Morkel was causing havoc among the Indian batsmen.Morkel, who finished the day with four for 74, took all his wickets before lunch after the Indians were sent in to bat by the Rest's captain, Jacques Rudolph.India, battered by South Africa pace when they lost a one-day series 4-0, looked headed for humiliation in their only warm-up match ahead of the first Test starting in Johannesburg next Friday.
Sourav Ganguly returns to team India
2006-12-02 16:11:17 Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly got a chance to extend his international career when he was named in a 16-man squad for an upcoming three-Test series in South Africa.Ganguly's career seemed to be over after a row with coach Greg Chappell last year, when he was sacked as captain before being axed from both the Test and One-day squads.The stylish 34-year-old batsman played his last Test against Pakistan in Karachi in February this year and his last One-dayer was against New Zealand at Harare in September 2005.A brittle batting display by India in the ongoing five-match One-day series in South Africa, which they trail 3-0 after four matches, led the selectors to plump for the experienced left-hander."We decided to go with Ganguly's experience because our batting has failed in One-dayers. The youngsters have not been able to adjust to the bouncy wickets in South Africa," said chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar on Thursday.Ganguly, who has scored 5,221 runs in 88 Tests, said he was ho... |
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