The curious case of Sourav Ganguly
The dust may be settling on the IPL auction, but debate surrounding Sourav Ganguly's exclusion from the gravy train continues
Nitin Sundar
25-Feb-2013
The dust may be settling on the IPL auction, but debate surrounding Sourav Ganguly's exclusion from the gravy train continues. Avijit Ghosh, of the Times of India, writes that, while Ganguly's case is different from the other older players, the Kolkata franchise probably believes that "what Sourav brings on the table is less compared to what the team gains by his absence". He also warns us against writing Ganguly off.
To go back to Sourav, I still believe he would have had a productive IPL 4. There’s no way to prove this but if you have followed his career closely, you would understand why I say so. You see the scene is again set for him. Sourav thrives on a challenge. He is a fighter who loves to prove people wrong. That’s the man, his essence. One doesn’t know if at 38, he still has the energy to prove himself once again. But, perhaps the unkind outcome of the bidding would have rekindled that fire. The rejection and the humiliation was just the spark he needed. With Sourav Ganguly, you never know.
Nitin Sundar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo