No place for soft nature in cricket : Ganguly

Young players should utilise opportunities as World Cup is round the cornerKolkata: Two legends of the game, Wasim Akram and Anil Kumble, have been in the eye of the storm recently for taking it out on the young brigade of the Indian cricket team.While Pakistan's Sultan of Swing has found the current pace bowlers ‘softies and lazy,' Kumble felt it's...

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Making of Dada's Recent Ad stint for CL T20 with Big B n Symonds

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Dadagiri is back with a bang!!

August 27, 2010: The much awaited TV Quiz show ‘Dadagiri’ is back with its second season. Sourav Ganguly made his Television debut as the quizmaster for ‘Dadagiri’ in its first season and within a few days it started topping the TRP rankings. The show follows Sourav this time as well, as he will be playing the Quizmaster to the contestants. The prince...

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Sourav enjoyed watching Amitabh rehearse !!

Big B who we all now know as a brand ambassador of ACLT20 will soon be seen in one of the ads with Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs and Saurav Ganguly. And guess what Symonds will be crooning Hindi song Bheege Honth Tere in Airtel Champions League Twenty 20 ad and Gibbs will also sing Aa dekhe zara… for the commercial.In the first part of the commercial...

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Through the off-side : DADA's Column --> Watch out for the resurgent Kiwis

After beating India handsomely in the first match of the tri-series, New Zealand will have their tails up against Sri Lanka. The Indians had a bad day in office, and such things can happen in sport. Nothing much should be read into it.New Zealand have come with a young team and their enthusiasm was evident. As expected, Ross Taylor was the man who...

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The Lankans left Dada too stranded on 98

It is not the first time the Sri Lankan team has played spoilsport.Sri Lanka spinner Suraj Randiv deliberately bowling a no-ball and depriving Virender Sehwag of a well-deserved century in the tri-series match in Dambulla on Monday has a few recent parallels.Former India captain Sourav Ganguly was a vicitim of such an unsporting gesture as well.Speaking...

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We should have played Buchi Babu : Sourav

Calcutta: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly took a dig at the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Tuesday and said that Bengal should have played the Buchi Babu tournament.“Buchi Babu being a three-day format meet would have helped Bengal to prepare well for the Ranji Trophy. However, we should now play in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Trophy and the JP...

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Pace bowling needs improvement: Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly said that the Indian fast bowling has a lot of catching up to do before the World Cup and the former India captain put the onus on bowling coach Eric Simmons to motivate the youngsters in the absence of the experienced Zaheer Khan.The Indian pacers lacked penetration especially in the first Test against Sri Lanka, which led coach Gary...

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CWG controversies will be over as the game starts: Ganguly

The build up to the Commonwealth Games might be marred in controversies but former India captain Sourav Ganguly today said all the problems would be sorted out once the event starts on October 3.Talking to reporters at a promotional event near his residence in Behala, the iconic Bengal cricketer said he was nobody to comment on the controversies surrounding...

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CLT20 will be tough for IPL teams: Ganguly

Mumbai: Playing in South Africa would be challenging for the three Indian Premier League teams who have qualified for next month's Champions League Twenty20, former India captain Sourav Ganguly said here on Friday."It (playing in South Africa) will have an impact as the technicalities will be different, planning will be different," Ganguly, who has...

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DADA BACk to Cricket as a Commentator.. !!

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been chosen as the brand ambassador of the upcoming cricket tournament Airtel Champions League Twenty20 to be held in South Africa by ESPN STAR Sports channel."I think what makes the event even more special today is that we have two great champions of their crafts, Mr. Bachchan and Saurav (Ganguly). Airtel Champions...

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Sourav, Baichung glam up Baton relay

KOLKATTA,AUG 1 : FORMER INDIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN SOURAV GANGULY AND SOCCER STAR BHAICHUNG BHUTIA WERE AMONG MANY SPORTSPERSONS WHO TOOK PART IN THE RELAY WITH THE QUEEN'S BATON FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES AS IT REACHED KOLKATTA FROM TRIPURA ON SUNDAY MORNING..The baton, which just left Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, was taken to the...

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Kolkata people did a Sourav Ganguly a century ago

KOLKATA: When Sourav Ganguly took off his shirt and waved it at the Lords after winning the Natwest Trophy in 2002, he probably did not know that people of his city had done the same thing a century ago -- to celebrate a historic football victory in 1911.On July 29, 1911, a barefoot bunch of 11 Indians, representing Mohun Bagan, defeated fancied East...

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