Kolkata Knight Rider's CEO Venky Mysore, when asked about Sourav Ganguly's chances of making it to the team for IPL4 responded by saying, "Sourav is somebody I have always admired and have immense respect for. I still don't call him by his first name; it is always Mr. Ganguly. He has been a great ambassador for the country; in which ever shape or form, he has been phenomenal".
I never saw the expression on Venky's face when he commented on Sourav's chances as the quote above is courtesy The Telegraph, but I can well imagine the relief with which he had uttered those patronizing lines. What bothers me more is that Sourav Ganguly has allowed the likes of Venky to utter such gibberish by not being able to see the inevitable. Did Sourav not see the inevitable or chose not to in his characteristic non-chalance is anybody's guess. IPL4 bidding for the players is over and dada finds himself stranded with no takers and a price tag of $400,000. Not even once did his name come up for discussion and a greatness that once was lay in tatters in full public view.
Sourav will of course pick himself up and move on and it is tragic that inspite of all his sense of timing he just refused to see the punch homing in. It is also mere speculation whether other teams with Aussie coaches played a proactive part in keeping him out of the game by projecting him as a pain in the arse.
Looking at Sourav now, sometimes we lesser mortals have the feeling that we are witnessing a farce played out against the giant canvas of Indian cricket and dada is turning out to be the joker, albeit a tragic one!
Arguably one of India's finest captains,a great batsman and a good man, he deserved better for himself. What does he think?
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