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By India Today Sports Desk: Sourav Ganguly said that Rohit Sharma was the best option to replace Virat Kohli as the skipper of the Indian team across formats. Recently, Rohit had to face the ire of the netizens after India crashed to a heavy defeat at the hands of Australia in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) at the Kennington Oval in London. India lost the match by 209 runs and lost their fourth ICC final in the last 10 years. However, Ganguly reckoned that Rohit is still the best option to lead India at the highest level. He said that having captained Mumbai Indians (MI) to five Indian Premier League (IPL) titles, Rohit has the ingredients to be a successful skipper. Ganguly, who previously worked as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), backed Rohit, saying that winning the IPL is more difficult than winning the World Cup. Rohit is the best for the job “The selectors needed a captain after Virat left and Rohit was the best that time. He had won 5 IPL trophies and done well at the international level as well; he won the Asia Cup. He was the best option. India also played in the final of the Test championship, although we lost. “Even two years ago, we lost the WTC final. We reached the semis of the T20 World Cup. So, the selectors picked that person who was the best for the job,” Ganguly was quoted as saying to Aaj Tak. Ganguly was of the opinion that even as it needs 4-5 matches for teams to advance to World Cup semis, sides nee...

The duo of Rohit and Dravid took charge after India were knocked out of the T20 World Cup in 2021. However, the team's fate has remained the same as they are still in search of their next ICC trophy. Team India won their last ICC title back in 2013, where they defeated England to lift the Champions Trophy. "It's a selector's job at the end of the day but how does social media influence? Virat himself didn't want to captain Test cricket two years ago. If you ask me who should be and will be India's captain and coach? Rohit and Rahul that's the right way of all," said Ganguly. "Absolutely, at least till the World Cup, this will continue. Well, I don't know what's in Rohit's mind after the World Cup and what he wants to do. At the moment the coach and captain are the two best for India and I wish them all the luck," he added. Earlier, Dravid had expressed disappointment after India's loss and stated that things could have been different if they would have got three weeks' time to practice. "Never going to be happy with the prep as a coach (enough preparation time?) . But that's the reality we are faced with. Coming here three weeks earlier, having a practice game would be ideal. But we have to make do with what we can. Don't think we should make excuses," Dravid told Star Sports after the match. Australia were clearly the better team on all fronts while India had only themselves to blame for yet another loss in a global event. India's last ICC title came way back in 2013 and ...

Sourav Ganguly Biography: Sourav Ganguly is one of the most influential players in the history of Indian cricket. Affectionately known as Dada, he is the 39th President of BCCI and former Indian national team captain. Let us have a look at his personal life, family, cricket career, education, records, achievements, awards, and more. Sourav Ganguly Biography: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly affectionately known as Dada is the 39th President of BCCI, commentator and former national cricket team captain. During his career, he was the world's leading batsmen and one of the most successful captains of the Indian national cricket team. Sourav Ganguly: Personal Information Full name: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly Born: 8 July 1972 Place of Birth: Behala Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India. Nickname: Dada, Prince of Kolkata, Bengal Tiger, Maharaja, the Warrior Prince, Lord of the Off Side Father's Name: Chandidas Ganguly Mother's Name: Nirupa Ganguly Brother: Snehasish Ganguly Wife: Donna Ganguly (1997) Daughter: Sana Ganguly Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Batting style: Left-handed Bowling style: Right-arm medium Role: Batsman Autobiography: A Century is Not Enough Sourav Ganguly: Birth, Family, and Education Sourav Ganguly (48) was born on 8 July 1972 in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), India to Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly. His father was among the richest men in the city and ran a flourishing print business. After a prolonged illness, his father died on 21 February 2013 at the age of 73...

Ganguly finished his BCCI presidential term last month after reports emerged that he was not handed a second term despite his keenness to continue in the role. According to PTI, the 50-year-old was informed that there is no precedence of giving a second term to the board president. Shortly after this news was released, 1983 World Cup winning-team member Roger Binny was elected as the BCCI president during the apex body's Annual General Meeting. Former Greg Barclay gets re-elected as ICC chairman New Zealand's Greg Barclay was on Saturday unanimously re-elected as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a second two-year term. Besides Barclay's re-election, BCCI secretary Jay Shah was elected as the head of ICC's all-powerful Finance and Commercial Affairs (F&CA) committee at the board meeting. Barclay was unopposed following the withdrawal of Zimbabwe's Tavengwa Mukuhlani from the process, and the ICC Board reaffirmed its full support to the New Zealander to continue at the helm. "It is an honour to be re-elected as the Chair of the International Cricket Council and I would like to thank my fellow ICC Directors for their support," said Barclay on his re-appointment. As for Shah, he will have the responsibility of heading ICC's most important committee. All the major financial policy decisions are taken by the F&CA committee before it is ratified by the ICC board. "Each and every member accepted Jay as the head of the F&CA committee. This is an equally power...

Some felt he couldn't play the bouncer, others swore that he was God on the off-side; some laughed at his lack of athleticism, others took immense pride in his ability to galvanise a side. Sourav Ganguly's ability to polarise opinion led to one of the most fascinating dramas in Indian cricket. Yet, nobody can dispute that he was India's most successful Test captain - forging a winning unit from a bunch of talented, but directionless, individuals - and nobody can argue about him being one of the greatest one-day batsmen of all time. Despite being a batsman who combined grace with surgical precision in his strokeplay, his career had spluttered to a standstill before being resurrected by a scintillating hundred on debut at Lord's in 1996. Later that year, he was promoted to the top of the order in ODIs and, along with Sachin Tendulkar, formed one of the most destructive opening pairs in history. When he took over the captaincy after the match-fixing exposes in 2000, he quickly proved to be a tough, intuitive and uncompromising leader. Under his stewardship India started winning Test matches away, and put together a splendid streak that took them all the way to the World Cup final in 2003. Later that year, in Australia, an unexpected and incandescent hundred at Brisbane set the tone for the series where India fought the world's best team to a standstill. Victory in Pakistan turned him into a cult figure but instead of being a springboard for greater things, it was the peak of ...

He developed chest pains while exercising and has now had surgery. Ganguly played 113 Tests and 311 one-day internationals, captaining India in the longest format 49 times between 2000 and 2005. Doctors said Ganguly had an angioplasty - a procedure to unblock a coronary artery - in hospital in Kolkata and would be monitored for 24 hours. • Ganguly becomes BCCI president A left-handed batsman, Ganguly scored 7,212 Test runs and scored 16 centuries. He is ninth on the all-time ODI run-scorers list with 11,363. He scored 22 hundreds in the 50-over format. He took over as president of the Indian cricket board in October 2019. India captain Virat Kohli tweeted: "Praying for your speedy recovery. Get well soon."

Sourav Ganguly: 3 Big Decisions Taken By Former India Captain As BCCI President BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly, is on his way out, with Roger Binny set to replace him as the board's chief. Since taking over the job in 2019, Ganguly has had to make some big decisions and handle a few chaotic situations. • • Updated: October 12, 2022 12:45 PM IST Though there are those who feel Ganguly didn't fulfil his potential as the president of the BCCI, there do remain a few big decisions that he took as the board's chief since taking up the job in 2019. Introducing Day/Night Test in India:While cricketing nations across the globe had long embraced pink-ball cricket in Tests, India were yet to give their nod. It was Ganguly who brought Day/Night Tests to India, with the first being between IPL chaos during Covid-19:For two seasons in a row, the Indian Premier League was embroiled with uncertainties as Covid-19 caused mayhem across the world. The BCCI held the 2020 (fully) and 2021 (partially) seasons in the UAE while the 2022 season was held in selective venues as well. Though there were a few hiccups during the 2021 and 2022 editions, the league was a big success on both occasions despite the testing times. Listen to the Domestic players' pay increase:Indian cricket unarguably has the biggest talent pool. The heights at which India's senior national team sits today is down to the strong domestic ecosystem. Rewarding the domestic players for their hardwork and encouraging them to furth...

Even as India have failed to win an International Cricket Council (ICC) in the last 10 years, former Team India skipper Sourav Ganguly remains optimistic of the team's future. The ex-BCCI President warned against drawing any sort of conclusions after the side succumbed to yet another defeat in a major ICC event. As Indian fans were hoping for their decade-long wait to end for a world title, they were completely outplayed by Australia in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final, losing the match by 209 runs. Post the defeat, Ganguly has made an appeal to a star Indian cricketer. While the Prince of Calcuttasaid that it is not yet time for the team management to look beyond Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma for now, he hoped to see the return of all-rounder Hardik Pandya into the red-ball scheme of things. "Let's not jump to conclusions due to just one loss, India will always have talent. And I don't think it is time to look beyond Virat (Kohli) or (Cheteshwar) Pujara. Virat is just 34," Ganguly said on India Today. "India has enormous reserves. When you look at some of the performances. I don't consider IPL performances if we are sticking to Test cricket. In domestic cricket there are some fantastic players and you will only find out when you give them opportunities. Whether it be Jaiswal or Patidar, Abhimanyu Easwaran from Bengal scores a lot of runs. Shubman Gill is young, Ruturaj Gaikwad and I hope Hardik Pandya is listening. I want to see him play Test cricket, especially...

• Test debut(cap 20 June 1996v Last Test 6 November 2008v ODI debut(cap 11 January 1992v Last ODI 15 November 2007v Domestic team information Years Team 1990–2010 2000 2005 2006 2008–2010 2011–2012 Career statistics Competition Matches 113 311 254 437 Runs scored 7,212 11,363 15,687 15,622 42.17 41.02 44.18 43.32 100s/50s 16/35 22/72 33/89 31/97 Top score 239 183 239 183 3,117 4,561 11,108 8,199 32 100 167 171 52.53 38.49 36.52 38.86 0 2 4 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/28 5/16 6/46 5/16 Catches/ 71/– 100/– 168/– 131/– Sourav Chandidas Ganguly ( s ʃ uː r ə v ɡ ɛ n ɡ uː l j/ ( Gangopadhyay; born 8 July 1972), also known as Dada (meaning "elder brother" in Maharaja of Gnaguly scored 11363 runs in his ODI career which stands at ninth position in the world for most runs scored in ODI matches. Ganguly was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award, Early and personal life Sourav Ganguly was born on 8 July 1972 in Great King. Ganguly's father Chandidas Ganguly died at the age of 73 on 21 February 2013 after a long illness. Since the favourite sport for the people of Calcutta was Despite being right-handed, Ganguly learnt to bat left-handed so he could use his brother's sporting equipment. He is married to Health On 2 January 2021, Ganguly complained of chest pain while exercising and was later diagnosed with three blocked Playing career 1990–96: Career beginning and debut success In 2000, after the "At the crease it was sometimes uncertain whether his partner...