“Seven captains in seven series isn’t ideal but there isn’t much we can do about it” – Saurav Ganguly
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Ex-India captain and current BCCI president Saurav Ganguly belives that seven captains in seven series isn’t ideal but there is nothing they can do about it.
Ganguly is celebrating his 50th birthday with friends and family in London. He was interviewed by Time of India where he spoke about various issues like multiple captains, workload management and a lot more. When he was asked about the burning questions that everyone has in their minds about multiple captains in Indian cricket team, Ganguly’s answer was:
“I fully agree that it is not ideal to have seven different captains in such a short span of time but it has happened because of unavoidable situation,” Ganguly was quoted as saying by the Times of India. “Like Rohit was all set to lead in South Africa in white-ball but before the tour, got injured. So we had KL (Rahul) leading in ODIs and then for this recent SA home series, KL got injured one day before the series would start,” he added.
“In England, Rohit was playing the warm-up game when he had COVID-19. No one is at fault for these situations. The calender is such that we have had to give players breaks and then there have been injuries and we need to factor in workload management also. You got to feel for head coach Rahul (Dravid) as in every series, due to unavoidable circumstances, we have had new captains.”
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“The more you play, the better you get and fitter you become”- Saurav Ganguly
When Saurav Ganguly was asked about players being given a lot of breaks, he said that the more you play, the more you get and fitter you become. He believes that at this level, one need game time to make the body stronger. He opined that even after the IPL, cricketers aren’t playing a lot of crickets and that it’s the same when there wasn’t the league.
“If you compare, the volume of international cricket for Indian team in a calender year hasn’t increased significantly. We played a lot of ODI cricket, so if you see, the number of international match days is almost same,” he said.
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