Saurav Ganguly was once asked whether he would author a book on his cricket experiences and his answer had been a quick ‘no.’The next question was ‘why?’. In reply. Ganguly said that he had never learned how to hold back. The book would ruffle too many feathers. This was the reason for which the fans awaited the autobiography of the dynamic left-hander.

Being the Dada Saurav Ganguly is, he did not give the fans what they craved but instead served them with what he felt was right. His book “A century is not enough” made its way out in February 2018, The former Indian captain calls it to be about ‘the situations in a cricketer’s life at the time of performance’ and not an autobiography.

In an exclusive interview given to the Sportstar, Ganguly delved in detail on this point, saying, “It is not an autobiography because it just does not speak about my life. This book is about the situations in a cricketer’s life at the time of performance. That’s what I tried doing here.”

The Former Indian Captain further added, “An autobiography will have a whole lot of things, how I started, my parents, my family and when I played the first Test — all these things. But this book is about important moments which actually defined my career. It is also about how an athlete peaks or what any performer faces during the progress of his life. These are the moments which actually test you, and how you react to such situations is very, very important. That is what I wanted to show in this book.”

The book jointly written by Saurav Ganguly and Gautam Bhattacharya received average reviews. While a lot of attention has been paid to the Greg Chappell saga and the difficult period after being ousted from the team, very little of space has been allotted to the marvelous 2003 World Cup Campaign and the fixing scandal in the IPL.