Why do you think Saurav Ganguly has been repeatedly humiliatingly thrown out of the Indian team?

Question

As you know, Ganguly has one of the best averages in the history of ODI cricket and he scores runs at a much faster rate than someone like Rahul Dravid or VVS Laxman, not to mention that he is the most successful captain India has ever produced. So why is he singled out among the great batting trio, comprising of Tendulkar, Ganguly & Dravid, to be repeatedly dropped from the ODI team even with good performances in the domestic cirquit? As for fitness and fielding capabilities, he is certainly much better than someone like Munaf Patel. Not only that, he is also a good bowler having a 5-wicket haul!!

Answer 1

s.gunguly i** Saurav Ganguly was leading the side for the 50th time. He joins 22 other players who have led their respective countries in 50 or more matches. The other Indian captains to do so are: M. Azharuddin (174 matches), Kapil Dev (74) and Sachin Tendulkar (73).

** South African opening batsman Boeta Dippenaar, who is the side as a replacement for Gary Kirsten recorded his highest score (81) of his career. Playing in his 24th match and 19th innings, Dippenaar also registered his seventh score in the fifties. He now has a batting average of 47.47, which places him in the fifth position among all time batsmen with highest batting averages while scoring at least 500 runs during their career. The top five are: Michael Bevan (Aus) - 5384 runs (avg. 57.28); Ian Chappell (Aus) - 673 runs (avg. 48.07); Dennis Amiss (Eng) - 859 runs (avg. 47.72), Zaheer Abbas (Pak) - 2572 runs (avg. 47.63) and Dippenaar - 712 runs (avg. 47.47).

** Tendulkar became the highest run scorer in the India-South Africa LOI matches during his innings of 37. He now has 1293 runs in 39 matches, which betters the run aggregate of 1290 runs by Gary Kirsten (in 25 matches).

** Meanwhile, Ganguly became the third Indian and the sixth batsman overall to aggregate 1000 runs against the South Africans. The full list: Steve Waugh (Aus) - 1455 runs; Tendulkar - 1293 runs; M. Azharuddin - 1109 runs; Michael Bevan (Aus) - 1076 runs, Ganguly - 1071 runs and Mark Waugh (Aus) - 1007 runs.

** The 101 run partnership between Ganguly and Tendulkar was their 15th hundred-plus stand together for the first wicket in 108 innings in LOIs. They now equal the record tally of the West Indian pair of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes who achieved it in 102 innings.

** Anil Kumble recorded his 14th duck of his career, which equals the dubious record by teammate Javagal Srinath for the maximum ducks for India in LOIs.

** Playing in his 179th match, Ganguly won his 25th man of the match award of his career. This was incidentally his seventh such award as a captain in 50 matches.

s one of the best player in world.look at his records . so he shoud in the team

Answer 2

Why do we need Ganguly anymore? He can't field and his running between the wicket is also kind of terrible. And he is now 36 yrs old and we don't need to many senior pros especially when we have Sachin Tendulkar in the team. I think the BCCI has been justified in throwing out Ganguly and also Dravid. However, we still need Tendulkar in the limited overs cricket because without Tendulkar, the indian team in nowhere near as a competitive and a great team.

Answer 3

Well, Dada's unfortunate days started since Greg Chapell was made the coach of the Indian Team. Rahul Dravid & Greg Chapell both did everthing to end dada's career! Inspite of that, Dada did make great comeback later! But it's always hard to fix a broken mirror becoz however u try to fix it, the crack shows off! When dada was out of the ODI team, he lost the faith of the selectors.....The selectors are now thinking of a new young ODI team! They want the new blood to show their talent! Dada is 36 now, he can't stay for long now in the team, so the selectors are selecting the youngsters so that they can find the right combination for the World Cup 2011!

However, i do feel that dada shouldn't be thrown out of the team. I mean he is the most successful captain of India! They should give him one chance atleast!

EDIT - I agree with u! Dhoni shouldn't be blamed and Dhoni has helped India to win many a times! Dada was out of the team when Greg Chapell was the coach and Dhoni was nothing more than a new-comer then....

Answer 4

Simple, There is no more Dalmiya. pawar is simply insulting Dalmiya in the form of Ganguly

Answer 5

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Answer 6

recentley chappel & dravid & his form threw him out from indian side & now dhoni wants young player ruther then seniors.

Answer 7

i know what you mean i like Ganguly and i think he can do a job for India still

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Answer 8

The problem with the Indian selectors is that they always focus on the "next World Cup" as soon as one ends. Thats crazy because they think Sourav & Dravid won't play in the 2011 WC so lets drop them, the results would be better if they think series by seires because every single match holds an importance in itself, shouldn't plan for the things which are too far ahead.

Answer 9

he desrves it!!!!!!

Answer 10

When Tendulkar is considered by Dhoni&Co., why not Ganguly and Dravid? It is just  politics! As Tendulkar is from Mumbai, he gets support from BCCI whereas others are not.

Answer 11

To put simply

POLITICS

Answer 12

no i dun't think so, its just pplz own opinion....

Answer 13

bcoz he is gaurav ganguly

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

First, his on going battle with Greg Chapple and then Dravid's eagerness to be the next captain worked against Ganguli. As a player Ganguli meets all the requirement to be a regular player in team india. After Sachin, Ganguli is the only one who deserves a place in team india in both test matches and ODIs. It is interesting to note that Dhoni doesn't want Ganguli in his team. Not only that but if Dhoni has his way we won't see Sachin, Dravid, Laxman, Kumble, Harbhajan, Sehwag, and Ghambhir in the team. What a self serving captain we have that some of us so much in love with him!

Answer 16

He is too old for ODIs now, as the young players are doing well.  He should concentrate on Tests and should retire after a good inning of 100 or 200.

He will be always remembered as the Best Captain of Indian Cricket team.

Answer 17

All the points that you have mentioned is fully true, and Sourav dada has enough achievements and records to speak for him. The player who has more than 10, 000 runs and 22 centuries in ODI cricket, definitely deserves to be a part of the ODI team. But instead, he is being subjected to the worst humiliation in the history of Indian cricket. Perhaps, the only reason behind it is that the ODI captain MS Dhoni doesn't want Ganguly to be in the team, because he feels, that the presence of the bengal tiger is a threat to his position and authority. And the Indian selectors are nothing but jokers, and allowed themselves to be unduly influenced by Dhoni's dirty tactics, which resulted in Dada being axed.

Dhoni and the selectors justified this step, on the ground that Sourav is too old for ODIs, and they want a younger side which is better at fielding. But they forgot that a team of 11 good fielder's isn't of any use, if they don't know well how to bat and ball. Dhoni, who himself has a sub standard batting technique, ignored Ganguly's calibre. Ganguly's age is just an excuse for his expulsion from the ODI team. The real reason behind his axing is the treachereous scheme of MS Dhoni, personal favouritism of the selectors, and the dirty politics, which has crippled the entire system, where talent is no longer valued. So, inspite of proving himself time and again, our Dada finds himself out of the team. This can only happen, because Indian cricket is run by pathetic, good for nothing people, who are better at politics, than at cricket.

Edit: Dhoni is to be blamed. He made statements against the inclusion of the seniors many times. And yes, his technique isn't perfect, no matter how many runs he has scored. U asked a Q, I just gave my opinion. That's all. I never said that u must agree to it.

Answer 18

just a politics and dhoni dnt want him in the side, and the big fact is bad luck.

Answer 19

He's mastered that art!!!

(P.S:-My opinion)

Answer 20

because he does play well

Answer 21

he's outspoken,old,out of wits. everyone wants him out,but he is still hooked. even his bowling goes for many. DADA, rather retire with pride as the "best INDIAN skipper"

Answer 22

i feel so bad for him- he is very unfortunate.

first he had a fight with chapell and then was dropped becos of his poor form-captaincy given to dravid. but when he proved himself and was going to be the mainstay of the team with his consistent perfromances - the captain changed again- this time dhoni. and dhoni is h**l bent on wanting a young team,comprising of young guys who have played atleast 100 odis each before the world cup. dhoni doesnt dare to drop sachin-cos he is a legend and as it was he who suggested dhoni's name for the job.

so ganguly has been very unfortunate.

Answer 23

The recent dropping of Ganguly was unwarranted. Dhoni must have felt over-confident that he could win the cup without Ganguly and Sachin which was proved to be wrong. (Dhoni made another blunder in the final game of taking Uthappa in place of Chawla)

This is the tragedy of indian selectors who think that they know the game better than Sachin, Sourav, Dravid or Anil. These players along with Sunil and Kapil are the pillars of Indian cricket. Mohinder was also ill-treated and once he cried also. At that time, some of the current selectors were players and now they do the same. But Sourav will hold his head high and walk. There are very few players like Sourav in a ODI match.

Answer 24

Actually the selectors should say the exact reason...If India's performance are going to continue in the same way as asia cup and tri-series finals;then,Ganguly may be selected to rescue Indian team..Hope Ganguly will shine in Test series and prove selectors his worth..

I was perplexed by hearing that Ganguly was not suitable for ODI's..He is the leading run scorer when comparing with Sachin,Dravid,Laxman in IPL series..Age doesnt matter..It should not be taken into consideration while selceting  players..

Dont worry fans..He will return to ODI team too..