XtraTime Web Desk: Former India captain and currently the BCCI President once requested the board and selectors to give him three months and three Ranji Trophy matches for him to start scoring runs in test cricket. It was during the time when the left hander was training hard for a comeback after being unceremoniously dropped from the Indian team.
In a recent interview Ganguly recalled the last phase of his career.
“If I was given two more series in ODIs, I would’ve scored more runs. If I hadn’t retired in Nagpur, I would’ve scored runs in the next two Test series too. In fact even now give me six months to train, let me play three Ranji games, I’ll score runs for India in Test cricket. I don’t even need six months, give me three, I will score runs,” said Ganguly.
“You might not give me an opportunity to play but how will you break the belief inside me?” asked the former India captain.
The former India captain said he was dropped unceremoniously from the ODI side despite being one of the top performers in the 2007-08 season
According to Ganguly, “It was kind of unbelievable. I was dropped from the ODI side despite being one of the highest scorers of that calendar year. No matter how good your performance is if the stage is taken away from you then what will you prove? And to whom? The same thing happened with me.”
Sourav was not only dropped from the Indian side, he was also stripped of the captaincy during the Greg Chappell era in 2005. The left-hander made a strong comeback in the South Africa series in 2006 and then went on to score tons of runs, before finally hanging his boots in the 2007-08 home series against Australia.