Dropped.........Ganguly

I was recently having a look at some of the current affairs that are on everybody's mind these days...but none of them have hogged more limelight than the Ganguly issue...

The ganguly issue has been dragged for so long that now i hardly ever go beyond the first paragraph of that news item...according to me he has been dropped for good...he should realise that himself that he is no longer required and should better resign gracefully...

if he does this then he will do a "Sonia" in the field of Indian cricket...Each person has a period where he shines and later he has to pass the baton to someone else...Ganguly should do exactly that...look at Steve Waugh...he knew his days were numbered in the Australian test squad...so he himself retired at the end of the 3 test series in 2004...and everybody know what a splendid farewell he got...Unfortunately I doubt whether he (in fact anyone else after Steve Waugh leave aside a few) will get a nice farewell.

Ofcourse he has done a lot for the country in the 5 years when he was the captain...he braved many tough situations and instilled a new found josh in the Indian cricket team...took the tam to the world cup final of 2003...won many test matches...supported newcomers...and many other things...

But then facts are facts and they speak truth...Ganguly over the past one and a half years was becoming more of a liability than an asset like in the late 90s and early part of this decade...He used to score big runs only against the lowly teams and performed indifferently against better placed teams...Differences were bound to increase with the induction of Greg Chappel. The latter being an Australian was obviously not going to keep quiet...

Of his recent form, the records speak for themselves...he has not been consistent at all...even the Kolkatans know deep within their heart that he is not performing consistently...But then any body can be bought for a few bucks to hold demonstrations against any one...personally i support his dropping from the playing 11... as Dravid says, the best playing 11 need to be selected...