Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram has backed Sourav Ganguly and advised the Indian cricket selectors to be "extremely careful" before sealing the fate of the embattled captain.
"There is no doubt that Sourav Ganguly is passing through the worst batting form which leaves his career in doldrums. I also fear that his career might be reaching dead-end but I would still back him and advice the Indian selectors to be extremely careful and watchful while deciding his future."
"If I were a selector, I would have definitely given him one more chance before really thinking about his future as an Indian cricketer."
PS: Ganguly has scored 9,945 runs, including 22 centuries, in 270 one-day internationals and 4,949 runs for an average of about 41 in 82 Tests. But in the recent three-match Test series against Pakistan, the Indian skipper scored only 48 runs in six innings while his ODI score was 0, 9, 4 and 18 before he was slapped with a six-match ODI ban by ICC Match Referee Chris Broad for India's slow-over-rate at Ahmedabad.
Should Ganguly return to the team or not?
"There is no doubt that Sourav Ganguly is passing through the worst batting form which leaves his career in doldrums. I also fear that his career might be reaching dead-end but I would still back him and advice the Indian selectors to be extremely careful and watchful while deciding his future."
"If I were a selector, I would have definitely given him one more chance before really thinking about his future as an Indian cricketer."
PS: Ganguly has scored 9,945 runs, including 22 centuries, in 270 one-day internationals and 4,949 runs for an average of about 41 in 82 Tests. But in the recent three-match Test series against Pakistan, the Indian skipper scored only 48 runs in six innings while his ODI score was 0, 9, 4 and 18 before he was slapped with a six-match ODI ban by ICC Match Referee Chris Broad for India's slow-over-rate at Ahmedabad.
Should Ganguly return to the team or not?
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