MiD DAY August 10, 2006Tough road ahead for Ganguly: Viswanath
By: Suhrid Barua
G ViswanathBangalore: Sourav Ganguly’s inclusion among the 30 probables announced by the national selectors yesterday, may sound a bit like a storm in a tea cup.But given the deposed India captain’s not-so impressive run with the willow in recent times, speculation was rife as to whether he could be accommodated in the side now that nucleus of the side is more or less there.Was there any pressure from the BCCI top brass to bring Ganguly back in the 30 probables list? Chief selector Kiran More categorically said the Kolkata resident was a seasoned player and too much should not be read into his inclusion as only the best 30 players available in the country were picked.No surpriseFormer India batsman Gundappa Viswanath feels naming Ganguly among the 30 probables wasn’t a big surprise.“To me it was not a big surprise. It wax expected. He’s under contract with the board and so the board always had the option of picking him if required,” he told MiD DAY.Viswanath said Ganguly would have to come up with a string of big scores in the domestic circuit if he has to force his way into the national side when the selectors meet on September 7 to trim down the probables to 14.Get runs in tons“He’s got a tough road ahead of him. Breaking into the side won’t be easy as the present lot is faring well. He has to get runs by the bundle. More importantly, he has to be consistent,” the graceful batsman of the yesteryears said.Enough timeViswanath pointed out that Ganguly has enough time to work on his game if he nourished hope of playing in the 2007 World Cup.“The World Cup is still eight months away. There’s plenty of cricket to be played before that. He has enough time on his hands to regroup his game and fire on all cylinders,” he said.
G ViswanathBangalore: Sourav Ganguly’s inclusion among the 30 probables announced by the national selectors yesterday, may sound a bit like a storm in a tea cup.But given the deposed India captain’s not-so impressive run with the willow in recent times, speculation was rife as to whether he could be accommodated in the side now that nucleus of the side is more or less there.Was there any pressure from the BCCI top brass to bring Ganguly back in the 30 probables list? Chief selector Kiran More categorically said the Kolkata resident was a seasoned player and too much should not be read into his inclusion as only the best 30 players available in the country were picked.No surpriseFormer India batsman Gundappa Viswanath feels naming Ganguly among the 30 probables wasn’t a big surprise.“To me it was not a big surprise. It wax expected. He’s under contract with the board and so the board always had the option of picking him if required,” he told MiD DAY.Viswanath said Ganguly would have to come up with a string of big scores in the domestic circuit if he has to force his way into the national side when the selectors meet on September 7 to trim down the probables to 14.Get runs in tons“He’s got a tough road ahead of him. Breaking into the side won’t be easy as the present lot is faring well. He has to get runs by the bundle. More importantly, he has to be consistent,” the graceful batsman of the yesteryears said.Enough timeViswanath pointed out that Ganguly has enough time to work on his game if he nourished hope of playing in the 2007 World Cup.“The World Cup is still eight months away. There’s plenty of cricket to be played before that. He has enough time on his hands to regroup his game and fire on all cylinders,” he said.
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