Sreesanth's omission surprises Ganguly !!

Kolkata : With the selectors opting for a spin-oriented side for the World Cup, former India captain Sourav Ganguly today said he was surprised to see in-form pacer S Sreesanth overlooked from the 15-man squad.Ganguly termed it a gamble to pick only one wicketkeeper in skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the extravaganza that will continue in the subcontinent...

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I'm still hungry to play : Dada

Sourav Ganguly expressed his desire to carry on playing despite not being picked by any of the Indian Premier League teams."Yes, I still have the fire inside me. I still have the hunger to play," he said during a function at Ballygunge Govt High School yesterday evening.Ganguly faithfuls were out on the streets yet again displaying anger against Kolkata...

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Thank God, Ganguly will never be a boot-licker - Gavaskar

The Tests may b e over in Australia and South Africa, but Pakistan are playing New Zealand in a Test series even as their former skipper and two outstanding new ball bowlers are being examined by the ICC for bringing the game into disrepute by their actions last year in England. The decision on them has now been postponed which is a bit hard since...

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Sourav Ganguly breaks his silence over IPL snub

KOLKATA: Breaking his silence after being ignored in the IPL auction, Sourav Ganguly on Saturday said he never did politics and was always transparent in what he did as a cricketer.Indirectly taking a dig at the IPL snub during a programme, Ganguly said: "I never did politics. I would not have been here if I did politics. With my practical experiences...

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Ganguly is a victim of politics : WB minister

Former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly who found no takers at the recent IPL IV auction, was a victim of "dirty politics", a West Bengal minister said on Thursday."Dirty politics was played by the private players during the two-day IPL player auction in Bangalore recently," Urban Development Minister Asok Bhattacharya alleged."It's most unfair for...

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Kolkatta To March For Dada !!

Kolkata, Jan 14 (IBNS) Kolkata rallies behind its own Sourav Ganguly once again after the days of Greg Chappell, ready to hit the street voicing protest against his exclusion from Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.'No Dada No KKR'--is the slogan of the protesters as a member-group of popular social networking site facebook will organise...

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When I Finally saw Ganguly - Prasad sanyal (NDTV)

I remember staying up to watch Ganguly get a century at Lord's on debut - the summer of 1996, I'd been in Kolkata for four years, and yet with all my 'non-Bengali' friends at school, reading Hindi, and still being a bit of a Delhi-wallah (where I grew up and went to school for almost a decade) I did not carry the burden of the entire 'Bengali nation'...

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Whatmore Refuses to Comment on Ganguly's Exclusion !!

Kolkata Knight Riders coach Dav Whatmore chose not to speak on Sourav Ganguly being snubbed at the IPL auction but the burly Australian is happy with the set of players his franchise has picked for the next edition of the Twenty20 event.When his reaction was sought on the snub given to Ganguly during the auction in Bangalore, Whatmore said, "I have...

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Sourav Ganguly unaffected by IPL snub: brother Snehashish

Former Kolkata Knightriders captain Sourav Ganguly who has been spurned by his team as they didn't bid for him the player auction for Indian Premier League, is mum about the snubbing. But those close to him aren't, especially his elder brother Snehashish, who expressed his outrage at the development.After all, Sourav has been India's most successful...

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Thackeray slams SRK for ignoring Ganguly !!!

Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray has launched a fresh attack on actor Shah Rukh Khan, this time over the omission of former captain Sourav Ganguly from the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team.Labelling Khan as an opportunist, Thackeray lashed out at Khan for using the former Indian skipper's fame in his heydays and dumping him after extracting the goodwill.In...

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DAda's exclusion not purely on cricketing Basis !!

Sourav Ganguly's omission from the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League is not "purely on cricketing basis", says former India captain Kapil Dev.In what turned out to be one of the major embarrassments in his chequered career, India's most successful cricket captain Ganguly was left red-faced as none of the 10 franchises put his name up in the...

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I feel sorry for Sourav Ganguly: Anil Kumble

Anil Kumble has said that he felt sorry for a few seniors like Sourav Ganguly and Brian Lara who remained unsold.“It is sad but that’s the reality, I think,” the former India captain, currently the chief-decision maker of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, said. “The situation is such that the franchises are looking at three years and not one year. So...

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Sourav Ganguly Goes Unsold at the Indian Political League

Sourav Ganguly, undoubtedly the most controversial man of Indian cricket, goes unsold at the first day auction for IPL 4 being held at the ITC Royal Gardenia. His home team, Kolkata Knight Riders kept their heads down, expressing their lack of interest for the man who top-scored for KKR last season with 493 runs in 14 matches at 37.92 with a strike...

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Ganguly wants to play for Mumbai Indians

Sources close to former India captain Sourav Ganguly have revealed that the stylish left-hander has expressed the desire to play for Mumbai Indians in the coming Indian Premier League season.Ganguly is hoping MI buy him during the auction to be held over the weekend in Bangalore. "Sourav is very disappointed that KKR decided not to retain him. He had...

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Jeet to face Sourav Ganguly

Jeet, the most "Wanted" hero of Tollywood, will be facing Sourav Ganguly's googlys with full "Josh" today on the sets of " Dadagiri Unlimited"."I haven't meet Dada for a long time. So, I'm really looking forward to meeting him. I share a warm and wonderful relationship with the directorial and the technical team of "DU" as I have worked with them earlier...

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" ‎The Warrior Prince " - Documentary on Dada !!

A documentary on our Dada is gettin ready !-->It is titled "The Warrior Prince ",it runs for about 90 min ,has rare footages of dada from his childhood till retirement.Its in d final stage of it's making.-->It has special msgs from sachin ,dravid ,steve waugh !! It'll be Released this feb !!BigB is expected to narrate the docu...

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