Search:



The Web

Rediff








Home > Cricket > PTI > Report

Batting let the team down: Ganguly

August 03, 2004 22:15 IST

India skipper Sourav Ganguly admitted that batting had let his team down in the final of the Asia Cup tournament in Colombo, but asked all to keep faith in the side which had put up a spectacular display in the last few years.

Ganguly, who returned here from Colombo via Chennai on Tuesday afternoon, told reporters at the NSC Bose International Airport that despite the best efforts of his bowlers, a lackluster showing by the batsmen led to the 25-run loss against Sri Lanka in Sunday's final.

Asked if he would impress upon the Board of Control for Cricket in India to have one squad which could play both the triangular series in Holland and Champions Trophy in England, Ganguly said, "I have to talk to the BCCI. I have just returned. I don't know what BCCI's policy is or whether it is possible to do so.

"I also have to see what timeframe the ICC has set for team selection for the Champions Trophy."

About the recurring injury problem of players, Ganguly said, "It is because players play and that is why they get injured."

Asked if there would be any conditioning camp before the triangular series in Holland, the Indian skipper replied: "It all depends on time availability."

To a question if not using two spinners in Asia Cup final affected India's prospects, he said, "I used three spinners as besides Harbhajan (Singh), Sehwag and Sachin also played like specialist spinners."

He, however, reiterated that there was no point in losing faith in his side as his boys had won matches all around the world, putting up a spectacular performance in recent years.

"We need to have faith in them (players) and they need to retain their focus. I am sure we will be soon back to our winning ways," Ganguly said.



Article Tools
Email this article
Top emailed links
Print this article
Write us a letter
Discuss this article



Related Stories


It was a close call : Ganguly

'Aggression the key to success'

Selectors may pick just one wk








© Copyright 2004 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.





Share your comments


 What do you think about the story?




Read what others have to say:


Number of User Comments: 4




Sub: Batting

As far as Indian players are concerned, Yuvraj and Tandulkar should open the innings because of left and right hand combination. Shewag, Dravid, Ganguly and ...


Posted by R.Sundaresan





Sub: Ganguly's statement

Yes Mr.Ganguly, you 're correct, but you can't deny that shuffling of batting order could have made some difference


Posted by vijayakumar





Sub: Laxman is the King Of ''Raap''

While playing cricket with my friends in my earlier days, i remember the opposition guys from the sidelines tell their batsman,"Hit the Ball Towards Nishank, ...


Posted by Nishank





Sub: its high time for ganguly to step down as captian

Saurav Ganguly, who according to few people is the best captian India ever had, must realize the need for new thinking to step in into ...


Posted by srinivas tanniru




Disclaimer







Copyright © 2004 rediff.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved.