IN MY OPINION
- Ganguly should have supported VVS Laxman's inclusion in the last World cup when he was in great form. Great Capatins support the right player through thick & thin. Ganguly under Dalmiya could have done it if he wanted to. But, he did not & supported Mongia. Now everyone knows how talented Mongia is when compared to VVS. Of course I knew how talented VVS was & is, but Ganguly had other toughts.
- Ganguly also tried screwing VVS Laxman career in Tests too
In the famous Greg Chappell leaked e-mail to BCCI --- Greg mentioned how Mr. GANGULY tried to screw up VVS Laxman Test career.
Now why would Greg Chappell lie about that fact --- that too in a written e-mail? Here is the link to that e-mail & the text that supports the arguement
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=3277
"At the completion of the Test match I was approached by VVS Laxman with a complaint that Sourav had approached him on the eve of the Test saying that I had told Sourav that I did not want Laxman in the team for Test matches. I denied that I had made such a remark to Sourav, or anybody else for that matter, as, on the contrary, I saw Laxman as an integral part of the team. He asked how Sourav could have said what he did. I said that the only way we could go to the bottom of the matter was to speak to Sourav and have him repeat the allegation in front of me.
I arranged for a meeting with the two of them that afternoon. The meeting took place just after 6pm in my room at the Rainbow Hotel in Bulawayo. I told Sourav that Laxman had come to me complaining that Sourav had made some comments to Laxman prior to the Test. I asked Sourav if he would care to repeat the comment in my presence. Sourav then rambled on about how I had told him that I did not see a place for Laxman in one-day cricket, something that I had discussed with Sourav and the selection panel and about which I had spoken to Laxman at the end of the Sri Lankan tour.
Sourav mentioned nothing about the alleged conversation regarding Laxman and Test cricket even when I pushed him on it later in the discussion. As we had to leave for a team function we ended the conversation without Sourav adequately explaining his comments to Laxman."
I'm betting that yes Ganguly would have said that...Why don't these pathetic media --- who want to make some money & have no character -- ask this question to Ganguly / Greg / Laxman / BCCI & prove how great/pathetic GANGULY is?????
-I'm & I was very happy for the rough treatment Ganguly got in the last 1-2 years. He deserved it for what he did to some careers. The only 2 players he supported through thick & thin were 'Yuvraj & Kaif'. That's it. That too just because of one great knock in England in that Natwest Finals.
People can tell & blindly support Ganguly -- the fact is & the fact was when he was kicked out of the team --- he was a liability in the team for over 2 years, not scoring runs against main teams, playing politics, just doing a PR job.
Now with the way he is playing, yes Ganguly deserves his place in Indian cricket team. That arrogance (beacuse of Dalmiya support) is gone. I have never seen a fitter & determined Ganguly than now.
In my next post --- I will give my view of why Ganguly is NOT great captain to me --- I should be clear in saying he started well as a captain, but then ....
