1. Ganguly became captain in the year 2000. We , , saw him
developing team India and India started winning against teams like
Australia, , England etc. His style of captaincy was such: he is
very convinced about what he has to do and there are no half
measures. On October , ; 11th, 2002, against West Indies. he made a
bold and unusual decision in the morning. Nine out of 10 captains
would have opted to begin with , a seamer and spinner: the ball was
just 14 overs old and the conditions were a touch overcast.
Besides, if at all there was going to be , help at all for the
seamers, it would have been in the morning. Zaheer Khan would have
been the natural choice. Yet Ganguly started with , , Anil Kumble
and Harbhajan Singh. Then he brought on Javagal Srinath ahead of
Zaheer Khan as the first change. Dada was a captain with highest
level of maturity and cricketing , brain. , , , //
2. India had a tough and bad tour in New Zealand, just before
the ICC , , world cup of 2003. The moral of - ! the team was at the
bottom and , , all of us had serious doubts wraper whether India
could make to quarterfinals even. The , , conditions of the venues
of South Africa have never been favorable , , to the teams of
Indian subcontinent. But Dada knew how to rejuvenate the spirits
of, , the players and drive the , ! momentum up for the team..
This, , was written in in the context of our , the fans moral
boosting. , , Later, India went to Finals , TV , //
3. Ganguly was suspended for four matches for slow overrate.
During this time, Ganguly was not chosen for Asia XI for Afro-Asia
cup. The two main selectors who rejected Ganguly were Majid, Khan
and Ravi Shastri. After four-match ban, upon return, Ganguly scored
a fifty and reached , , the landmark of scoring 10,000 runs in
One-Day Internationals. He was the 2nd man after Sachin to reach
this milestone and he has been the fastest to reach this milestone.
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4. After the Zimbabwe tour, the Ganguly- , , Chappell saga
became more prominent and public. Their relationship became further
, , bitter and finally, Ganguly became the scapegoat of the
politics and was dropped from the Team. India started fearing the
pace attack of South Africa on green tops in , South Africa.
Ganguly was then recalled after 10 month layoff. We all hoped and
prayed , , for his success and a great comeback. , ? , , , , , ---
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5. Dada after being recalled, played the practice match in
Potchefstroom. The opponent had budding Morkel , ! who was bowling
with fire then. Ganguly played extremely well and saved the touring
Indian team with a gritty of knock of 141-ball and scoring over 80
runs. , By this, he gave a solid reply to Greg and Selectors on his
layoff. However, this was not a Test Match. We prayed Ganguly keep
his mouth shut. He should focus fake on his batting and do well in
the test series. - , ! , ! -------- //
6. Ganguly was victim of politics of BCCI. The architects for
his ouster were Greg , the coach, and More, the chief the selection
committee of ton ? the Indian team. His comeback story is a ton!
fairytale. He by shear performance proved that , , he was dropped
not for any cricketing reasons. - We expected that BCCI should
apologize for snatching away one year of cricket from this great
cricketer. It was a sin and for which, Mr , ; Greg and More should
been penalized and ! reprimanded. " ", , BCCI? ? , , ------ //