Mithun pained by Sourav’s exit from IPL
February 19th, 2011 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty Saturday said former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly’s exclusion from the Twenty20 cricket’s cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) has pained him and feels that the Prince of Kolkata deserved a better treatment.”The way it has been done…There are pleasant ways of doing things. I would not like to comment on the decision of the owners. It could have been done in a better way. As far as Sourav Ganguly is concerned, I am pained, I am hurt,” Mithun told reporters here.
Ganguly did not find any takers among the IPL franchises in the fresh auction held last month ahead of the fourth edition of the IPL.
The southpaw expressed disappointment over none of the franchises, including his old team Kolkata Knight Riders, showing any interest in him.
His exclusion from the fourth season of the IPL also sparked protests in West Bengal.
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- Ganguly backtracks on quitting, still game for IPL (Lead) - Feb 08, 2011
- Gayle disappointed by IPL snub - Jan 11, 2011
- Shah Rukh tries to put an end to comparison with Ganguly - May 15, 2012
- Sourav Ganguly watches IPL match at Eden - May 01, 2011
- I wanted to win for Kolkata, Sourav: Shah Rukh - Apr 12, 2011
- It was payback time for me to Sourav: Yuvraj - Jun 22, 2011
- Shah Rukh is like my elder brother: Sourav - Jun 25, 2011
- May enter Bengal cricket administration someday: Sourav - Feb 14, 2011
- KKR looking at options to use Ganguly - Jan 09, 2011
- Pune Warriors opt to bat against Knight Riders - Apr 24, 2012
- KKR back at Eden, Ganguly's absence talking point - Apr 10, 2011
- 'No IPL team possible in Kolkata without Dada': SRK - Jan 10, 2011
- Sangakkara tips Knight Riders to win IPL - May 10, 2012
- IPL governing council member hopeful about Sourav - Jan 11, 2011
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