Former India captain, Sourav Ganguly, who is currently serving as the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said he can still play Test cricket if he trains for three months and plays a few Ranji Trophy matches. Ganguly played his last match for India in 2008 and his last first-class match was in 2011, but he reckons that he is fit enough to score runs in Test cricket if given time to train.
Recently, Ganguly recalled the last phase of his career in an interview with Bengali newspaper Sangbad Pratidin.
As per the quotes in Hinsutan Times, Ganguly said, “If I was given two more series in ODIs, I would’ve scored more runs. If I hadn’t retired in Nagpur, I would’ve scored runs in the next two Test series too. In fact even now give me six months to train, let me play three Ranji games, I’ll score runs for India in Test cricket. I don’t even need six months, give me three, I will score runs. ”
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The former Indian skipper also recalled that he was dropped from the ODI team despite scoring runs consistently in the 2007-08 season.
Dada added, “It was kind of unbelievable. I was dropped from the ODI side despite being one of the highest scorers of that calendar year. No matter how good your performance is if the stage is taken away from you then what will you prove? And to whom? The same thing happened with me.”
The former Indian captain was sacked as the skipper during the Greg Chappell era in 2005. The southpaw then made a strong comeback during the South Africa series in 2006 and then went on to score tons of runs, making many including Sachin Tendulkar say that was Ganguly was at his beat after his comeback.
The former India opener however failed to make it to the ODI series in Australia in 2007-08 along with Rahul Dravid. A year later, Ganguly announced his retirement from international cricket. The former captain, however, played domestic cricket and in the IPL till 2012.
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Ganguly amassed as many as 7212 runs in 113 Tests at an average of 42.17 with 16 centuries under his belt. In ODIs, Ganguly has 11363 runs in 311 matches at an average of 41.02 with 22 centuries.
