INTERESTING...MUST READ .......... Ganguly said he had to give a lot of explanations to his boys unlike Dhoni or for that matter Virat Kohli.Well, I dont think Dhoni has to give so much explanation. In Brisbane, I dropped Anil Kumble from the playing XI and after the team meeting, he came up to me and said that I think I should retire and I am thinking of going back home and I would explain to him my decision, said Ganguly, bringing the house down.You know I would ask Laxman toopen and he would say No. I would set a field for Matt Hayden with deep fine leg and deep mid wicket and ask Zak(Zaheer Khan) to bounce him. Zak would bowl full outswingers. I would walk up to Zak and ask What happened? Why do you make me look like a fool? He would look at me and bowl another full outswinger, Ganguly had the audience in splits. Then there was Ashish Nehra, the biggest problem when it came to convincing him to sit out. Invariably at 11 pm my hotel room bell would ring and I would have to patiently explain to him. And I was probably the only captain who literally fought with Harbhajan Singh in New Zealand and went up and said sorry. If I told Anil that let Bhajji play this Test as he has 50 wickets in the season and he would reply So what, I have 400 Test wickets. And there wasYuvraj Singh. I had to ensure that he is in his hotel room before a match!
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:30:32 +0000
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