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I would have banned Ganguly: Srinath on 2001 Eden toss
Javagal Srinath has said he would have banned Sourav Ganguly for a few games over the former India captain's deliberate delay of the toss during the 2001 Eden Gardens Test against Australia.…
The Story in Brief
Javagal Srinath has said he would have banned Sourav Ganguly for a few games over the former India captain's deliberate delay of the toss during the 2001 Eden Gardens Test against Australia. Srinath, a former pace bowler, made the remark at an event while recalling the incident, which saw Ganguly keep Steve Waugh waiting before famously claiming he could not find his blazer. Ganguly's act has long been seen as a tactic that rattled the Australians in a series India won 2-1.
Srinath praised Ganguly's leadership in nurturing young players and said Indian cricket underwent a major transformation after the match-fixing scandal of the late 1990s. He also recalled his preference to bat first in the 2003 World Cup final, a decision overruled by Ganguly. Srinath added that he recommended Zaheer Khan to selector Chandu Borde after watching him take six wickets for the MRF Pace Foundation.
The Indian Opinion
A simple delay at the toss is now blown into a tale of cunning captaincy, yet Srinath's extreme view to ban Ganguly sounds like an overreaction from a former teammate. The glorification of such gamesmanship often ignores that it was at best a minor distraction, not a masterstroke. Will Indian fans ever stop treating a lost blazer as a sign of tactical genius rather than a lucky bit of theatre?
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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