Ganguly has made a great contribution to Indian cricket: Azhar
April 19th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANIKolkata, Apr 19 (ANI): Former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin has praised his successor Sourav Ganguly’s contribution to Indian cricket, saying the team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni is climbing new heights because of the former’s hard work.
“Well, I think Sourav has done well, whatever now the team is doing is only because of him, I mean, his doing a good job. We should give credit to him also.” Azharuddin told mediapersons here.
Ganguly has been hailed as India’s most successful Test captain with 21 wins in 49 matches. He finished his one-day career with 11,363 runs in 311 matches.
Azharuddin, however, declined to comment on Ganguly’s non-inclusion in any of the teams for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament.
“If no team bids for him, then how can I comment on the reason for that? I think you should instead ask the teams who did not bid for him. Though, I do not have much interest in cricket now, still I have answered this question,” he said. (ANI)
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