End of Dadagiri: Ganguly to quit after Oz Tests
Posted on Oct 07, 2008 at 16:31 | Updated Oct 07, 2008 at 23:19
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Bangalore: Sourav Ganguly has announced his retirement from the game, the former India captain said on Tuesday.
Ganguly said he would be retiring from the game at the end of the India-Australia Test series, which begins in Bangalore on Thursday.
After being controversially included for the four-Test series, Ganguly revealed that even he was surprised at his inclusion, but added that the stress forced him to take a decision on his career.
"I have decided to quit. This will be my last Test series. These will be my last four Test matches for the country. I hope I will be able to go on a winning note. I thank you all for your cooperation," Ganguly told reporters in Bangalore on Tuesday.
"I have informed my team of my decision. I hope I'll end my career with a winning knock," added the 36-year-old.
Ganguly, who has scored 6,888 runs at an average of 41.74 with 15 hundreds, played 109 Test matches in a career spanning over 12 years, made a stunning entry to Test cricket with a century on debut at Lord's in 1996. He followed it up with another century at Trent Bridge in the next Test match.
However, India's most successful Test captain fell out of favour with the BCCI's recent policy of blooding young talent to build for the future.
"To be honest I didn't expect to be picked for this series. But then I didn't expect to be dropped for the Irani Trophy," Ganguly said.
"It has been unfortunate that there is focus on me. I have learned to live with it. When I can't I will go." Ganguly followed it up by saying he will be quitting the game.
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Posted By samtripathi
Sourav was ,is a great player . He is a player whose absence Indian cricket will feel for many years.
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Posted By shrirang
dhoni should b ashamed of himself.......
due to internal politics of bcci, india is losing big legend of all time.
WE WILL
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Posted By Sumit
Saurav rocks ... we will miss u dada.. Dhoni should be ashamed of himself.
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Posted By krishna
Why should dhoni be ashamed ?
make some useful comments
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Posted By bala, coimbatore
great decision dada! we all love you and we will definitely miss you!
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