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March 25, 2012
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Sourav Ganguly, the Bengal captain, was forced to sit out of his team's quarter-final clash against Baroda in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy due to a hamstring injury. Ganguly sustained the injury during an exhibition match in Dubai while playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Lancashire on March 23.
The injury, however, will not have an impact on Ganguly's preparation for the IPL, a Sahara Pune Warriors official told ESPNcricinfo. Ganguly was recently named captain of the Warriors for the IPL's fifth season and he will also double up as a team mentor in the absence of a head coach.
Deep Dasgupta, the Bengal chairman of selectors, said Ganguly, who flew back to Kolkata from Dubai, will be available for selection should Bengal qualify for the semi-final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Mumbai. Manoj Tiwary is leading Bengal in Ganguly's absence.
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@phil katon
haha i feel you Phil
Posted by Romenevans on (March 25, 2012, 15:30 GMT)Injured? LOL! What was he doing that got him injured?
Posted by@crikbuff: You better know facts before making comments on committed people like Nehra mate..Nehra has played some domestic matches after his injury..he was left out..there was a huge mess about leaving him out..I dont know where you were back then.. @Aravelli Navya Kranthi Kiran: If you wanna say Dada is great...go on..I too agree..but dont get MSD in here..how many tours did he take rest fo India??
Posted byThey could bring in a new rule...to be picked for IPL the player should at least 1 century and 1 fifty in a 3 test series while the series was still alive :) If rains washed out all the matches or a player was injured, then the record in the previous would be considered. Similarly for bowlers say a 3-wicket haul twice ;) Or they could have a performance rating when a player plays well but does not have the luck. Guess that should make Tests and ODIs competitive ;) No player will retire just depending on IPL.
Posted byI hope he gets fit soon otherswise PW wont do ne better than last yr this time too :( already their team is half weakened due to Yuvraj's absence . and no need to drag dhoni into this ; he has been standing still in crisis wen almost 60% of the team was injured in england . IMo he din do anything wrong in takin break in windies series in december. wen rest of the seniors can take 'rest' at any time ; dhoni has full rights for breaks coz hes been doing wicketkeeping despite of sore fingers since last yrs world cup.
Posted byThe IPL is destroying Indian test cricket-the true form of this great game..but i'll be watching-kinda says it all huh? :(
Posted by Madhu477 on (March 25, 2012, 11:36 GMT)Come on dada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by ansarri on (March 25, 2012, 10:37 GMT)the franchises need need to worry they can always take the Bangladeshi players who have done well in the asia Cup
Posted by@crikbuff he is not severly injured,so he'll be fit for ipl,he is not a kinda person like dhoni,sachin who take rest in indian series.dada played domestic cricket,even bhajji nd nehra played domestic cricket.......
Posted by crikbuff on (March 25, 2012, 6:35 GMT)Every cricketer automatically becomes fit for IPL. Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Sreesanth, the list goes on and on.... Even Ashish Nehra, who is unfit for 10 months in a year, miraculously becomes for for 2 months of IPL!