Indian demands Ganguly's recall
Dalmiya demands Ganguly's recall
Cricinfo staff
November 27, 2006
Demonstrators in Kolkata vent their spleen against Greg Chappell and push for Sourav Ganguly's recall © AFP
Jagmohan Dalmiya, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president, became the latest public figure to demand changes in the Indian cricket team by calling for the immediate reinstatement of Sourav Ganguly in the team, saying his recent performance showed that he was fit and in top form.
Politicians had jumped in the fray recently with one federal minister demanding on Monday that Chappell face a privilege motion in Parliament after his response to some MPs' criticism of the team's performance.
"After the way Ganguly played on the pacer-friendly track in Mohali [in the Ranji Trophy opener against Punjab], he surely deserves a place in the Indian team," Dalmiya said here after a CAB working committee meeting.
Briefing newspersons about the deliberations, Dalmiya said the association would request the BCCI to impress upon the national selection committee the need to consider recalling Ganguly in the national team.A resolution to that effect was passed in the meeting.
Ganguly recently showed signs of returning to form with a century in the Duleep Trophy before scoring 43 on a fast and bouncy Mohali wicket. "At Mohali, more than the number of runs, the way he got them shows he is now as fit as he was in the past. Also he is in full form," Dalmiya said.
Ganguly has been out of the Indian team since turning out in the Karachi Test against Pakistan earlier this year. He played his last ODI in 2005 in Sri Lanka.
Bring back Sourav: Dalmiya to BCCI
Express News Service
Kolkata, November 27: Call it a thaw in the stand-off of between Sourav Ganguly and Jagmohan Dalmiya or a move that can further jeorpardise the Bengal batsman’s chances of coming back into the national team.
The former BCCI boss — for the first time since last July’s CAB elections — today openly called for the immediate reinstatement of Ganguly into the Indian team. And he did that going as far as deciding to shoot off a letter to the BCCI, asking it to take up the matter with the Dilip Vengsarkar-led selection panel. The sharp reaction from Dalmiya follows many others in the cricketing fraternity who have called for an immediate overhaul
of the Indian team following the dismal showing in South Africa now.
“Going by the manner in which Sourav played there (Ranji Trophy match against Punjab at Mohali), he deserves a place in the Indian team. It’s not the runs that he’s scored, but the way in which he played that I feel like this. In fact, having discussed the matter with the CAB members, we have decided to write to the Board, asking it take up the matter with the selection committee. Sourav should be considered (in the Indian team), that will be our request — before it’s too late,” Dalmiya told mediapersons today after a Working Committee meeting of the CAB.
Ganguly scored 6 and 43 at Mohali, but the former Indian captain led Bengal to a thrilling 14-run win over favourites Punjab last week.
Dalmiya’s open support for Ganguly and the move to officially write to the BCCI on this issue comes as a surprise for many in the cricketing community, since the left-hander had famously backed the anti-Dalmiya camp at last July’s bitterly-fought CAB elections that Dalmiya won by a whisker. Ganguly had gone on record in the run-up to the CAB elections holding Dalmiya responsible for Greg Chappell’s infamous email leak episode last year.
Dalmiya maintains that the move to write to the Board seeking his inclusion is in the best interest of the beleaguered player, but veterans in the Kolkata Maidan circuit see it as an “over-reaction” and fear that it could further antagonise the BCCI and the selectors against Ganguly.
In another development, Dalmiya confirmed seeking the BCCI’s permission in hosting an international tournament at the Eden Gardens next summer. “We have written to the Board seeking their permission if we can invite the Indian team and a few international sides for a Twenty20 or One-Day International tournament next May. I hope we get the due permission to go ahead with the event that will be played under the lights,” Dalmiya said.
The CAB meanwhile pulled out of the forthcoming zonal women’s cricket meet, citing the need to amend its constitution before rushing into consenting to the Board’s proposal to take part in the east zone women’s tournament.
KOLKATA, Nov 27: West Bengal Sports Minister Subhas Chakraborty on Monday pitched for re-induction of Sourav Ganguly in the Indian cricket team in the wake of its recent poor showings. "Sourav has contributed a lot to India and should be included in the Indian cricket team, given the team's dismal showing," Chakraborty said. The minister's comment comes in the backdrop of India's back-to-back losses in South Africa, where the Rahul Dravid-led side went down in the second and third one dayers after the first game was a wash-out. Ganguly has been out of the Indian team since turning out in the Karachi Test against Pakistan earlier this year. He played his last one-dayer in 2005 in Sri Lanka. "It cannot be said how well Sourav will perform if re-inducted into the Indian team. This (a team's success in cricket) requires a collective performance."
Axe Chappell, bring back Ganguly
Saturday November 25 2006
That's what Ripal wants at least
There has been an uproar in India since they lost second One-dayer against South Africa recently.
Every Indian cricket fan is criticising the way they played and even Indian politicians had a debate in parliament about it.
I can only blame politics within Indian cricket. It starts with the selection of the players, coaches, managers, etc.
Now everybody knows that the employment of Greg Chappell did not actually work to the benefit of the In
dian cricket team.
First he played the political game by removing Sourav Ganguly as a captain and then as just a player.
Ganguly is one of the most successful Indian captains and an excellent all-rounder. He is aggressive which any captain needs to be at international level.
He was responsible for many Indian successes abroad and took India to a World Cup final.
If you see records then you will hardly find India winning outside the Indian continent but under the captaincy of Ganguly.
India has won at least one Test on every nation's soil including the great Australia.
Chappell has done to much unnecessary experimentation, the worst one was sending in Irfan Pathan at top of the batting-order.
Pathan then concentrated too much on batting and lost the rhythm of his once great bowling.
Greg Chappell should be axed and some of the Indian selectors. They are useless.Ripal Parmar
Cricinfo staff
November 27, 2006
Demonstrators in Kolkata vent their spleen against Greg Chappell and push for Sourav Ganguly's recall © AFP
Jagmohan Dalmiya, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president, became the latest public figure to demand changes in the Indian cricket team by calling for the immediate reinstatement of Sourav Ganguly in the team, saying his recent performance showed that he was fit and in top form.
Politicians had jumped in the fray recently with one federal minister demanding on Monday that Chappell face a privilege motion in Parliament after his response to some MPs' criticism of the team's performance.
"After the way Ganguly played on the pacer-friendly track in Mohali [in the Ranji Trophy opener against Punjab], he surely deserves a place in the Indian team," Dalmiya said here after a CAB working committee meeting.
Briefing newspersons about the deliberations, Dalmiya said the association would request the BCCI to impress upon the national selection committee the need to consider recalling Ganguly in the national team.A resolution to that effect was passed in the meeting.
Ganguly recently showed signs of returning to form with a century in the Duleep Trophy before scoring 43 on a fast and bouncy Mohali wicket. "At Mohali, more than the number of runs, the way he got them shows he is now as fit as he was in the past. Also he is in full form," Dalmiya said.
Ganguly has been out of the Indian team since turning out in the Karachi Test against Pakistan earlier this year. He played his last ODI in 2005 in Sri Lanka.
Bring back Sourav: Dalmiya to BCCI
Express News Service
Kolkata, November 27: Call it a thaw in the stand-off of between Sourav Ganguly and Jagmohan Dalmiya or a move that can further jeorpardise the Bengal batsman’s chances of coming back into the national team.
The former BCCI boss — for the first time since last July’s CAB elections — today openly called for the immediate reinstatement of Ganguly into the Indian team. And he did that going as far as deciding to shoot off a letter to the BCCI, asking it to take up the matter with the Dilip Vengsarkar-led selection panel. The sharp reaction from Dalmiya follows many others in the cricketing fraternity who have called for an immediate overhaul
of the Indian team following the dismal showing in South Africa now.“Going by the manner in which Sourav played there (Ranji Trophy match against Punjab at Mohali), he deserves a place in the Indian team. It’s not the runs that he’s scored, but the way in which he played that I feel like this. In fact, having discussed the matter with the CAB members, we have decided to write to the Board, asking it take up the matter with the selection committee. Sourav should be considered (in the Indian team), that will be our request — before it’s too late,” Dalmiya told mediapersons today after a Working Committee meeting of the CAB.
Ganguly scored 6 and 43 at Mohali, but the former Indian captain led Bengal to a thrilling 14-run win over favourites Punjab last week.
Dalmiya’s open support for Ganguly and the move to officially write to the BCCI on this issue comes as a surprise for many in the cricketing community, since the left-hander had famously backed the anti-Dalmiya camp at last July’s bitterly-fought CAB elections that Dalmiya won by a whisker. Ganguly had gone on record in the run-up to the CAB elections holding Dalmiya responsible for Greg Chappell’s infamous email leak episode last year.
Dalmiya maintains that the move to write to the Board seeking his inclusion is in the best interest of the beleaguered player, but veterans in the Kolkata Maidan circuit see it as an “over-reaction” and fear that it could further antagonise the BCCI and the selectors against Ganguly.
In another development, Dalmiya confirmed seeking the BCCI’s permission in hosting an international tournament at the Eden Gardens next summer. “We have written to the Board seeking their permission if we can invite the Indian team and a few international sides for a Twenty20 or One-Day International tournament next May. I hope we get the due permission to go ahead with the event that will be played under the lights,” Dalmiya said.
The CAB meanwhile pulled out of the forthcoming zonal women’s cricket meet, citing the need to amend its constitution before rushing into consenting to the Board’s proposal to take part in the east zone women’s tournament.
KOLKATA, Nov 27: West Bengal Sports Minister Subhas Chakraborty on Monday pitched for re-induction of Sourav Ganguly in the Indian cricket team in the wake of its recent poor showings. "Sourav has contributed a lot to India and should be included in the Indian cricket team, given the team's dismal showing," Chakraborty said. The minister's comment comes in the backdrop of India's back-to-back losses in South Africa, where the Rahul Dravid-led side went down in the second and third one dayers after the first game was a wash-out. Ganguly has been out of the Indian team since turning out in the Karachi Test against Pakistan earlier this year. He played his last one-dayer in 2005 in Sri Lanka. "It cannot be said how well Sourav will perform if re-inducted into the Indian team. This (a team's success in cricket) requires a collective performance."
Axe Chappell, bring back Ganguly
Saturday November 25 2006
That's what Ripal wants at least
There has been an uproar in India since they lost second One-dayer against South Africa recently.
Every Indian cricket fan is criticising the way they played and even Indian politicians had a debate in parliament about it.
I can only blame politics within Indian cricket. It starts with the selection of the players, coaches, managers, etc.
Now everybody knows that the employment of Greg Chappell did not actually work to the benefit of the In
dian cricket team.First he played the political game by removing Sourav Ganguly as a captain and then as just a player.
Ganguly is one of the most successful Indian captains and an excellent all-rounder. He is aggressive which any captain needs to be at international level.
He was responsible for many Indian successes abroad and took India to a World Cup final.
If you see records then you will hardly find India winning outside the Indian continent but under the captaincy of Ganguly.
India has won at least one Test on every nation's soil including the great Australia.
Chappell has done to much unnecessary experimentation, the worst one was sending in Irfan Pathan at top of the batting-order.
Pathan then concentrated too much on batting and lost the rhythm of his once great bowling.
Greg Chappell should be axed and some of the Indian selectors. They are useless.Ripal Parmar
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