Sourav Ganguly Quotes

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Sourav Ganguly

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : July 8, 1972

When Virat Kohli plays, wherever you are you will come and watch that because he is playing. That is his impact. When you look at him, you will get to know that this man has a mission of making his team the best.

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I have lot of hopes from Virat Kohli and nation believes in him.

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It's Twenty20, anything can happen in the format. It's very difficult to predict and pick a favourite team in this format.

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No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.

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Captains are always criticised.

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When I first became captain of the Indian cricket team in 2000, many well-wishers and journalist friends gifted me the classic Mike Brearley book, 'The Art of Captaincy.' I mean no disrespect to the book or Mr, Brearley, who I admire a great deal, but books or team meetings don't make you good captains.

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I was inspired by the way the Aussies played their cricket. It was no-holds barred. They played to win.

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The battle to win - on the pitch and in the boardroom - begins and ends in one's head.

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One of my favourite sportsmen was Diego Maradona and every time I saw him play football you could see the passion in the heart.

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I have got lot of faith in Virat Kohli. Whatever I've seen of him from the ground or TV, it gives me a lot of confidence.

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The moment a spinner gets turn he becomes dangerous.

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India, Pakistan series has always been decided by the government. We toured in 2003-04 when I was the captain and it was for the first time since 1989-90 that we toured Pakistan. There were times even in those days when the series was planned but would get cancelled. So you have to leave it to the government.

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You can call it my bias or love for Harbhajan but if you are picking three best spinners in the country, he's got to be among them. Harbhajan is one bowler who should be playing all three formats of the game.

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A life of a sportsperson is approximately 14-15 years long and fatigue will be a part of it, but they have to manage that.

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I was at the Wimbledon some time back and I saw Roger Federer play.

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Ball-tampering has happened before. Bowlers and fielders have found different ways to get the ball roughened up on one side.

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You can't be chasing 338 and still have 5 wickets in the end. It's about mindset and the way you look at the game.

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Age is never a factor if talent is there.

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Ravindra Jadeja should not be in the World Cup team.

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My first trip as a captain against Pakistan in 2003 - we had never won there before, but then we won both the Test Matches and One-Days.

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