Will Sourav Ganguly play in the India's forthcoming England series?
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Goodbye Ganguly \n\nas India selectors vote for youth\n\nNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's selectors turned the page on Saurav Ganguly's international career on Thursday when they banked on youth for the first test against England, with an eye on next year's World Cup and beyond
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Test match captains\nThis is a list of cricketers who have captained the Indian cricket team for at least one Test match. The table of results is complete to the third Test against England in 2005/6. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or were appointed for a minor proportion in a series.\n\nIndian Test match captains \nNumber Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn \n1 CK Nayudu 1932 England England 1 0 1 0 \n1933/4 England India 3 0 2 1 \nTotal 4 0 3 1 \n2 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram 1936 England England 3 0 2 1 \n3 Nawab of Pataudi, snr 1946 England England 3 0 1 2 \n4 Lala Amarnath 1947/8 Australia Australia 5 0 4 1 \n1948/9 West Indies India 5 0 1 4 \n1952/3 Pakistan India 5 2 1 2 \nTotal 15 2 6 7 \n5 Vijay Hazare 1951/2 England India 5 1 1 3 \n1952 England England 4 0 3 1 \n1952/3 West Indies West Indies 5 0 1 4 \nTotal 14 1 5 8 \n6 Vinoo Mankad 1954/5 Pakistan Pakistan 5 0 0 5 \n1958/9† West Indies India 1 0 1 0 \nTotal 6 0 1 5 \n7 Ghulam Ahmed 1955/6† New Zealand India 1 0 0 1 \n1958/9 West Indies India 2 0 2 0 \nTotal 3 0 2 1 \n8 Polly Umrigar 1955/6 New Zealand India 4 2 0 2 \n1956/7 Australia India 3 0 2 1 \n1958/9† West Indies India 1 0 0 1 \nTotal 8 2 2 4 \n9 Hemu Adhikari 1958/9† West Indian India 1 0 0 1 \n10 Datta Gaekwad 1959 England England 4 0 4 0 \n11 Pankaj Roy 1959† England England 1 0 1 1 \n12 Gulabrai Ramchand 1959/60 Australia India 5 1 2 2 \n13 Nari Contractor 1960/1 Pakistan India 5 0 0 5 \n1961/2 England India 5 2 0 3 \n1961/2† West Indies West Indies 2 0 2 0 \nTotal 12 2 2 8 \n14 Nawab of Pataudi, jun 1961/2 West Indies West Indies 3 0 3 0 \n1963/4 England India 5 0 0 5 \n1964/5 Australia India 3 1 1 1 \n1964/5 New Zealand India 4 1 0 3 \n1966/7 West Indies India 3 0 2 1 \n1967 England England 3 0 3 0 \n1967/8 Australia Australia 3 0 3 0 \n1967/8 New Zealand New Zealand 4 3 1 0 \n1969/70 New Zealand India 3 1 1 1 \n1969/70 Australia India 5 1 3 1 \n1974/5 West Indies India 4 2 2 0 \nTotal 40 9 19 12 \n15 Chandu Borde 1967/8† Australia Australia 1 0 1 0 \n16 Ajit Wadekar 1970/1 West Indies West Indies 5 1 0 4 \n1971 England England 3 1 0 2 \n1972/3 England India 5 2 1 2 \n1974 England England 3 0 3 0 \nTotal 16 4 4 8 \n17 Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan 1974/5† West Indies India 1 0 1 0 \n1979 England England 4 0 1 3 \nTotal 5 0 2 3 \n18 Sunil Gavaskar 1975/6† New Zealand New Zealand 1 1 0 0 \n1978/9 West Indies India 6 1 0 5 \n1979/80 Australia India 6 2 0 4 \n1979/80 Pakistan India 5 2 0 3 \n1980/1 Australia Australia 3 1 1 1 \n1980/1 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 1 2 \n1981/2 England India 6 1 0 5 \n1982 England England 3 0 1 2 \n1982/3 Sri Lanka India 1 0 0 1 \n1982/3 Pakistan Pakistan 6 0 3 3 \n1984/5 Pakistan Pakistan 2 0 0 2 \n1984/5 England India 5 1 2 2 \nTotal 47 9 8 30 \n19 Bishen Singh Bedi 1975/6 New Zealand New Zealand 2 0 1 1 \n1975/6 West Indies West Indies 4 1 2 1 \n1976/7 New Zealand India 3 2 0 1 \n1976/7 England India 5 1 3 1 \n1977/8 Australia Australia 5 2 3 0 \n1978/9 Pakistan Pakistan 3 0 2 1 \nTotal 22 6 11 5 \n20 Gundappa Viswanath 1979/80† Pakistan India 1 0 0 1 \n1979/1980 England India 1 0 1 0 \nTotal 2 0 1 1 \n21 Kapil Dev 1982/3 West Indies West Indies 5 0 2 3 \n1983/4 Pakistan India 3 0 0 3 \n1983/4 West Indies India 6 0 3 3 \n1985 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 3 0 1 2 \n1985/6 Australia Australia 3 0 0 3 \n1986 England England 3 2 0 1 \n1986/7 Australia India 3 0 11 2 \n1986/7 Sri Lanka India 3 2 0 1 \n1986/7 Pakistan India 5 0 1 4 \nTotal 34 4 81 22 \n22 Dilip Vengsarkar 1987/8 West Indies India 3 0 1 2 \n1988/9 New Zealand India 3 2 1 0 \n1988/9 West Indies West Indies 4 0 3 1 \nTotal 10 2 5 3 \n23 Ravi Shastri 1987/8† West Indies India 1 1 0 0 \n24 Krishnamachari Srikkanth 1989/90 Pakistan Pakistan 4 0 0 4 \n25 Mohammad Azharuddin 1989/90 New Zealand New Zealand 3 0 1 2 \n1990 England England 3 0 1 2 \n1990/1 Sri L
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i doubt if kiran more can operate anything rather than speaking ill abt ganguly. u can write to him throug bcci, brebourne stadium , mumbai
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ganguly should  cont cricket coz  \n\n\n  he is a gr8 cricketer \n\n when he plays he hit so many sixes\nhe is a gr8 layer\n\ni says that he should be the vice captain of india in world cup 2007
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It is impossible by the captainship of Rahul & coaching of Greg chapell. If Ganguly is the captain it may be possible.\nAt least they will go to the semi-final or final.\nThe team will be for world cup 2007:-\n1.V.shewag\n2.S.Tendulkar\n3.R.dravid(V.C)\n4.S.Ganguly(C)\n5.Y.Singh\n6.M.Kaif\n7.M.dhoni(w)\n8.I.Pathan\n9.H.Singh\n10.Z.Khan\n11.A.kumble\n12.A.Agarkar\n13.V.V.S Laxman    \n14.M.Patel\n15.A.Nehera\n16.S.Raina
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Sachin Tendulker of India
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the indian selectors arent giving sourav a chance because of their personal issues with him. kiran more has openly said that sourav wont be a part of the indian team untill he is the selector. its all politics where as sachin i guess will be a part of the team even if he scores 15 ducks in a row
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CERTAINLY INDIA WILL DO BETTER THAN ODI SERIES.\n\nI HOPE INDIA WILL WIN ATLEAST ONE TEST.\n\nANYHOW, WINDIES WILL DOMINATE THE TEST SERIES TOO.
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im a big supporter of ganguly n wud love 2 see him back as captain of the indian team.....but the amount of fans beckham has as compared 2 ganguly......there is a wide differnce...beckham is a celebrity! n yea ganguly n becks sure had coach problemz..........but ganguly ween soon b 4goten but becks will alwayz b a STAR!
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Definitely he is too great a player to be missed. But he should realise that if he doesnot perform consistently there is some younger guy sitting on his head to take his place. \nif records only matter Ganguly should also be in the squad.
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Ganguly will definetly come he is also practicing very much ,raise team spirit also.SHABAASH INDIA
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No way. It will be a whitewash in favour of the Aussies. This England team is over rated. Flintoff is the most over rated player I have ever seen.
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I think they have included him only because of the World Cup. With it heading, India needs someone who can score some runs and also stays at the wicket. He performed well in last tour in Caribbean. So, they are, maybe, looking for a permanent no. 3 batsman. Though risky, but I think it´s a good move by the selectors. Where they have tried players like Venugopal Rao, Suresh Raina, Ghambir, and the most shocking decision came when they included Piyush Chawala for England series. Eventhough he bowled only 14 overs in that match. So, why not Wasim Jaffer?\n\nRawal.
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Without any sort of thinking , I can say the answer to this question as YES. He is leading wicket taker for India both in Tests and ODIs. He still can win matches for India. Giving a place in the World Cup team will be best way to acknowledge the greatest spinner of modern day Indian cricket who was always sidelined both by media and selectors!
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Yes he is very much required. He knows how to play cricket not only on the field but also off the field i.e. mind game. Actually we are not  interested in TEAM INDIA's success. We love to watch our star cricketers perform well no matter if team wins or not. That's the reason even after winning a series Sourav was removed from captaincy. After that India played most of their matches either on home soil or in Asian subcontinent and they performed well as ever so none remembered Sourabh. Actually in Indian condition team India doesn't need any coach or captain. They will perform well  in India its proven truth. Who is Chappel ? He is the same notorious skipper who killed cricket by instructing his brother to bowl underarm to avoid a defeat. Actually we don't need Chappel or Sourabh or any individual. We need to have firm policy on selection.
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www.cricinfo.com search for sourave ganguly\nor copt paste this link or clik down and clik on odi stat\n\nhttp://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/28779.html
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I think India will will have a good chance. This is a series which is just off a layoff for the team. It is just a case where the team had lost its rhythm off the lay off. However its good to see Kaif back in form and Hopefully sehvag too. I have always been advocating that these 2 players are a big asset on the foreign tours. In my last post I mentioned that the goal of this series is to get the Indian teams feet wet on the new grounds in preparation for world cup