Sourav Ganguly Quotes:
They say with age your reflexes slow down. I’ve not felt it.
Sourav Ganguly
Absolutely, I used to run very fast between the wickets.
Sourav Ganguly
I lost my captaincy after winning the series 2-0, and also getting a Test match 100. I never captained India after that. I couldn’t play one-day cricket in spite of being the best ODI player in the world at that time.
Sourav Ganguly
Administrators guide players and I have played for such a long time, I understand how it feels as a player. You can say I am a player’s administrator.
Sourav Ganguly
A captain sees you differently from the way you see yourself. You need a captain who can push you.
Sourav Ganguly
I really liked the biopic of Milkha Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Sourav Ganguly
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I live in the present and do not look that far ahead.
Sourav Ganguly
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In world cricket, I think Joe Root is a fine captain.
Sourav Ganguly
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.
Sourav Ganguly
In life when you get tested, when you get rejected by everyone and when you get pushed aside, you actually get the best out of it. That has been a learning curve for me.
Sourav Ganguly
Fatherhood has changed me, I’ve become more patient.
Sourav Ganguly
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.
Sourav Ganguly
There is nobody called Test bowler, one day bowler or T20 bowler. It just how you adapt and make a difference to your own game.
Sourav Ganguly
You don’t want to turn up like a Nepal or an Ireland where the entire world thinks that you’re not going to win. You rather turn up like an India or an Australia or an England where everybody says this team is going to win the World Cup.
Sourav Ganguly
I am a big fan of Virat Kohli. He is a captain who always wants to win matches on the field and I love that passion in him.
Sourav Ganguly
One-day cricket must be taken with equal importance to Test cricket.
Sourav Ganguly
Twenty20 is must for cricket. Without T20, cricket cannot survive.
Sourav Ganguly
I cherish my entire life. I’ve been blessed with a life full of good memories.
Sourav Ganguly
That’s why every cricketer wants to play international cricket. First of all you’re playing for your country, secondly there’s a lot of media attention and thirdly, for India, there is so much support for us, especially in England. So you know what you are doing is important, and that motivates you, helps you get going.
Sourav Ganguly
I love going to England and discovering new places in the countryside. I love the English weather and the freedom that the place gives.
Sourav Ganguly
Sometimes as a player you do not want to get into a controversy.
Sourav Ganguly
I was at the Wimbledon some time back and I saw Roger Federer play.
Sourav Ganguly
Any captain will take some time to settle down. Nobody is an outstanding leader straightaway.
Sourav Ganguly
But obviously captaincy is a long process. It takes its toll as time goes on.
Sourav Ganguly
I used to watch Manchester United a lot when David Beckham was there, but not any more now he’s gone.
Sourav Ganguly
Kohli is a flag bearer of Indian cricket.
Sourav Ganguly
That happens on a cricket field. People have a go at each other. That’s fair, that’s fine. It’s called Test cricket. It’s not a day in the park.
Sourav Ganguly
My brother was a left-hander. When I was young, my father would say take your brother’s gloves and pads and play, so I picked up the bat left-handed.
Sourav Ganguly
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