2011 Ranji Cup: Sourav Ganguly Aspect for Bengal Squad

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 at 11:10 am , filed under News by Jal Hayden

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Indian former captain, Sourav Ganguly is all set to play for the Bengal’s squad and scheduled to seem for the Ranji season, Bengal’s senior selection Committee Chairman, Deep Dasgupta has announced.

Sourav Ganguly will be kicking-off with Bengal’s first Four-day assignment over Gujarat on November 3, 2011. Speaking to PTI prior this week, Dasgupta confirmed that Ganguly will be letting go of his commentary commitments for some time and will be playing for Manoj Tiwary led Bengal squad for the whole of Ranji season.

The former Indian Test cricketer also comprehended that Ganguly, commonly known as ‘Dada’, seems to be quite motivated for the upcoming competition, and has been quite active in the nets recently.

Earlier, Ganguly, regarded as India’s batting legend, announced that he will be available for the Ranji season, but may not be appearing for the Twenty20 outings.

Although Ganguly has already bid farewell to his International commitment with the India, marking an imposing 16 years long stint for the Men in Blue, but the batting great remains active on the practice session.

Ganguly marked his first ever appearance for India in January 1992, during a One Day International outing against the West Indian side in Brisbane.

Till his last ODI match in 2007 over the Pakistani tourists, Ganguly played 311 matches under the format, scoring a mammoth tally of 11363 runs, as well as bagged 100 wickets as a medium paced bowler.

As for his Test profile, the left-armed batter appeared in 113 matches, aggregating 7212 runs, along-side a minor toll of 32 wickets.

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