"Too Early To Call India No.1" : Sourav Ganguly

January 2, 2009 Sourav Ganguly, the formerIndian captain, has said India must prove themselves overseas before claiming to be the world's best team and that South Africa had the better team and attack - and the better record, home and away. His comments come when Australia are on a losing streak and their rivals are fighting to dislodge them from...

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Ganguly gives selectors a hand

Sourav Ganguly may be playing his last international game in Nagpur, but it seems he continues to have an impact on the team for the future. Kris Srikkanth, India’s chief selector, has revealed that M Vijay, the Tamil Nadu debutant, was drafted into the Test squad after an endorsement from Ganguly. “Sourav played with him in the India A match [against...

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I and Dada have big plans for IPL 5 : Yuvraj

KOLKATA: Yuvraj Singh, captain of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Pune Warriors, on Wednesday said Sourav Ganguly's inclusion in the Sahara-owned team was his gesture to pay back the support he had received from the former India captain during the initial years of his career. "I and Sourav share a very good relationship. He supported me a lot...

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♥ 15 years of DADAGIRI ♥

Itz 20th June guyzzz... 15 years ago, on this very day one of the greatest cricketers of India made his test debut. He is none other than our own DADA..!Sourav Ganguly ~ The name says it all :-)It was chill cold outside..The English was looking dangerous.. India was trembling.. However Something terrific was to happen.. The Least expected.. The Most...

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Dhoni has taken Indian cricket to a different level: Sourav Ganguly

Kolkata, June 06: Sourav Ganguly on Sunday praised Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for taking Indian cricket to a different level and conveyed his best wishes to the team for the ongoing West Indies tour. Ganguly said Dhoni has made eastern India proud since he belongs to that part of country which has not produced many great cricketers in the...

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I have some years of IPL to play - Sourav Ganguly

Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said he wants to play in the Indian Premier League for a few more years before looking at other cricketing assignments."I (would) like to play for some more years in IPL. May be after four or five years, I will think about other option," Ganguly, who was initially unsold in the IPL auction but...

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Success tips for students from Sourav

Preparation is Sourav Ganguly’s success mantra for students. “You have to prepare yourself for a game, an exam or any other form of test for a long time. Success may be delayed but hard work will pay off in some way,” said the former Indian captain in his talk on Sunday evening.“One will always be on the edge while building a career. Some will succeed,...

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Sourav Ganguly To Host Bengali KBC

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who donned the role of a television commentary in the recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, will soon be seen in a new 'avatar' on the small screen. Siddharth and Anita Kaul Basu, the producers of KBC (Kaun Banega Crorepati) are keen on roping in Sourav to host the Bengali version of the show. Sourav, it...

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Ganguly loses school plot after years of protests

The Supreme Court’s order Thursday setting aside the West Bengal government’s allotment of land to former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly for a school comes after years of protests, hunger strike and legal battle over the decision.It all began in 2006, when the then Left Front government issued an advertisement that it wanted to give out around...

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Yuvi Comes in Support of Dada!!

Yuvraj Singh : Sourav Ganguly won us a game single handedly against DC , Well It's dificult to get in to the groove after a long gap of 5 months,it'll take some time !! Hopefully we'll give a better improved performance next season !!Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQyhzGK-...

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Fairy tale of prince(Inspiration for every fan)

The rolling tears,bursted love and inspiring pride made me a proud fan of him.The dayi started admiring him, as a hero for my life and chapter of inspiration in my bookthen my heart explored the new era of agression inside me.Its a story of a prince who started to enjoy the royality of his glory(Game),All of a sudden a nightmare and gloomy clouds in...

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Difficult to keep gritty Dada down - Jyoth Kohli

Who says Sourav Ganguly has fans only in Kolkata? This man can pull a hugecrowd even for an inconsequential match played on a Tuesday afternoon. I went to the stadium to catch Dada in action during the Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors game in Hyderabad on Tuesday. A few minutes into the match, I realised there were many like me. Dada was cheered for...

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Sourav fan tried the same feat in Australia

HYDERABAD: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly might not have recognised Nitin Joshi, who breached the security and tried to touch his feet at the Uppal stadium on Tuesday.But Cyberabad police during their investigation came to know that Nitin Joshi had carried out a similar ‘feat’ in Australia, when Dada was batting a few years ago.Nitin...

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Ardent Sourav fan creates flutter at Uppal

HYDERABAD: In a major security breach, an ardent fan of former Indian captain Saurav Ganguly managed to sneak into the cricket ground on Tuesday, when Pune Warriors were chasing the target against Deccan Chargers in the IPL match played at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium.The youth managed to reach the middle of the pitch and tried to touch the...

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My family helps me deal with pressure: Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly is no stranger to comebacks. The southpaw shows what he is capable of when the chips are down. So it is with quite a bit of confidence that he is coming back to IPL 4 to play for Pune Warriors after he remained unsold in the players' auction.However, that does not mean people have lost faith in him. His wife Dona and teammate Yuvraj...

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Why Ganguly is the eighth wonder of Indian cricket !?

Sometimes fairytales come true. In the case of Sourav Ganguly, it almost always does. Playing for Pune Warriors India in his debut IPL 4 game on Tuesday, the former India captain showed once again why he would always be the prince of hearts for his fans.On the face of it, an unbeaten innings of 32 runs off 32 balls can be dismissed as anything but...

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Hope Dada will get us a win: Yuvraj

CHANDIGARH: His side languishing at the bottom of the points table, Pune Warriors captain Yuvraj Singh on Saturday said that they are now looking forward to former India captain Sourav Ganguly to restore some pride in their Indian Premier League campaign."Hopefully, he will get us a win. It's good to have him back. I just feel someone who has been...

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Sourav really wanted to play IPL: Dona Ganguly

KOLKATA: After all the brouhaha over Sourav Ganguly's ouster from the Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 4, the news of his comeback in a new team has given Dada's fans more reasons to watch the remainder of the tournament. And while his wife, Dona, is not much of a cricket buff, she's elated at the development."We're very happy," she says, "because Sourav...

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SC talks tough on Sourav plot

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the way a Salt Lake plot had been allotted to Sourav Ganguly to set up a school and slammed the government for sending its officials to the cricketer’s house to facilitate paperwork for the transfer of the land.The bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly observed that replacing a plot handed...

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Harsha Bhogle about Pune and dada

Before this year's IPL started, when the squads were more or less finalised but before replacements had been announced, I was part of a television programme where we had to analyse each of the 10 teams. My first reaction was that five teams had the capability to distance themselves from the rest and that one of those would probably miss out somewhere...

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Ganguly won't play against Mumbai: Yuvraj

Pune Warriors skipper Yuvraj Singh on Tuesday welcomed Sourav Ganguly's inclusion to the squad, saying the former India skipper's experience will be an asset to the team, but ruled him out for an IPL-4 debut against Mumbai Indians on Tuesday."He's experienced and I will get help in captaining the team," Yuvraj told reporters here on Tuesday, the eve...

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Ganguly will be vice-captain to Yuvraj Singh

Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain, has been signed by Pune Warriors as a replacement for Ashish Nehra, who was ruled out for the remainder of the 2011 season with a finger injury. Ganguly's contract is for a period of one year and is an IPL lifeline to the batsman after he went unsold at the player auction in January, where his base price was...

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Sourav Ganguly to play for Pune Warriors ; A Dramatic Return !

KOLKATA: Ignored at this year's IPL auctions, former India captain Sourav Ganguly made a dramatic return in the cash-rich league on Tuesday signing for Pune Warriors India in place of an injured Ashish Nehra."I was approached by them yesterday and I've confirmed about my availability to them. I am leaving for Mumbai today and the details will be announced...

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Sourav brought luck for us : SRK

KKR clinched a handsome victory over punjab , KKR owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Saturday said former KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly who came to see the match at Eden Gardens had brought luck for the team.'Sourav had brought luck for the team. Sourav was sitting at a place far away from me so we could not talk today. But definitely I will...

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Sourav Ganguly to own Franchise in Premier League Soccer

The Indian Football Association (IFA) plans to launch an Indian Premier League-like tournament from next year, hoping to initiate a "revolution" in the country by bringing a host of World Cuppers and renowned foreign coaches on board.The seven-week tournament... - christened as Premier League Soccer (PLS) - has been slated for February-March and will...

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P C Chandra Award for Sourav Ganguly

The PC Chandra Group will be felicitating Sourav Ganguly with PC Chandra Puraskaar 2011 on Apr 21 at Science City Auditorium.Details : April 21 at Science City Auditorium; 5.3...

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BCB want Sourav as batting coach

After a disastrous World Cup that saw their batting collapse repeatedly through the course of the tournament, Bangladesh cricket want to start from the scratch and are seeking Sourav Ganguly's assistance for the same.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has confirmed their wish to have the former India captain as the team's batting coach. “We want Sourav's...

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Sri Lanka players need not go back on may 5 , Ganguly Unlucky Again !

“Playing for Sri Lanka is more important than playing in the IPL,” Tillakaratne Dilshan said in Colombo on Wednesday. “We’re committed to return by May 5,” the newly-appointed Sri Lanka captain said. They would not have to return by that date, though.Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is working out dates to allow their players to delay their departure. There...

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Lankan call back might get Dada to play in IPL 4

The saga surrounding Sourav Ganguly does not seem to end as fresh reports suggest that the Prince of Kokata might just find his way into the Kochi team in this year's IPL. The Sri Lankan Cricket Board's decision to call back its players from the Indian Premier League has worked in Dada's favour, as it gives him a chance to play for the Kochi Tuskers...

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Sourav is the best Indian Captain - Azhar

Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin on Monday said it was Sourav Ganguly's good work that has helped Mahendra Singh Dhoni yield rich dividends." Sourav Ganguly was the best India captain who made a major turnaround in Indian cricket in bad times. Current captain MS Dhoni has improved it further to yield highest dividend," Azharuddin said here.Azharuddin...

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Ganguly dedicates tooth ache to SRK

Ganguly hits back in style. Finally he's spewed some venom at SRK.Shah Rukh Khan's seemingly innocent, though cheesy, gesture of dedicating KKR's victory over the Deccan Chargers last week to former skipper Sourav Ganguly, who was earlier ignored by KKR during the auctions, has led to a rush of similarly bizarre and meaningless dedications being made...

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I wanted Dada in KKR : SRK

Shah Rukh Khan is out of his self-imposed exile. And he has a lot to talk about.In a heart-to-heart, he chats about his (and probably B-Town's) most expensive film Ra.One, his IPL team without captain Saurav Ganguly, his TV show Zor Ka Jhatka, which didn't quite live upto its promise, and lots more. Read on for excerpts...Let's get the big question...

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I want KKR to win for Ganguly : SRK

KOLKATA: Aware of the negative vibes in Kolkata after the exclusion of local boy Sourav Ganguly from the team, Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan on Monday night dedicated his team's nine-run victory to Sourav Ganguly and the sports loving people of the city."I came back only for the fans. I wanted to do this for Knight Riders, the fans...

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Without Ganguly, Eden gets poor response !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkYh6898gek&feature=player_embeddedKolkata, April 11 (PTI): Absence of the city's favourite son Sourav Ganguly in Kolkata Knight Riders first home match of Indian Premier League IV today meant that familiar scenes of a packed stadium with boisterous crowd was missed at the gigantic Eden Gardens.An official figure from KKR team management could not be obtained but according to estimates, the Eden witnessed a poor response with a 15,000-odd crowd turning out at the 63,500-capacity stadium.With Ganguly being shunned...

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KKR back at Eden, Ganguly's absence talking point !

KOLKATA: Having missed out on the big-ticket World Cup matches, Eden Gardens is now hosting its home team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), but the abscence from the squad of local lad Sourav Ganguly is a sore point.Ganguly not only captained the Knights in the first and third editions of the IPL, but his presence had...

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I could still have a role : Ganguly

Calcutta: Sourav Ganguly, who captained the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in two of the first three seasons of the IPL, spoke to The Telegraph on the eve of the opener, against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), on Friday.Sourav, in fact, had been the franchise’s icon and No.1 crowd-puller.The following are excerptsFor the first time, you aren’t part of...

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Sourav breaks his silence over IPL Snub

Breaking his silence after being ignored in the IPL auction, Sourav Ganguly on Saturday said he was always transparent in whatever he did as a cricketer."I never did politics. I would not have been here if I did politics. With my practical experiences I say whatever you do, you will not be at the top all the time," said the former India skipper during...

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