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India drop Ganguly for Australia tri series

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Posted online: Sunday , January 20, 2008 at 1654 hrs IST

Mumbai, January 20:: Indian selectors have dropped experienced batsman Saurav Ganguly for next month's triangular series in Australia, which also includes Sri Lanka.

Rahul Dravid was also left out as selectors opted for youth in a 16-man squad on Sunday, with left-handed batsman Suresh Raina earning a recall after a year out of the team following some fine domestic performances.

The same squad will play in the sole Twenty20 international against Australia on Feb. 1 before the one-day series.

"Looking towards the future team of India the selection committee has provided the youngsters who have done well in domestic cricket an excellent platform," India board (BCCI) secretary Niranjan Shah said in a statement.

The 35-year-old Ganguly has performed well after he was dropped from the one-day and test sides in the wake of a public spat with then coach Greg Chappell two years ago that led to the batsman losing the captaincy.

However, the selectors decided to revamp the one-day squad following the team's first round exit in the one-day World Cup and a surprise victory by a young squad captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the Twenty20 version last year.

Former captain Dravid was the first to feel the heat of the shake-up late last year.

Fast bowler Ishant Sharma earned a recall on the basis of his impressive performances in the ongoing test series while Shanthakumaran Sreesanth returns after an injury break to bolster the pace attack that includes all-rounder Pravin Kumar.

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Doping DADA will prove costly for the team
by sekhar on 2008-01-27 20:31:29.166545+05:30
Droping Sourav ganguly means, INDIA surely going to loose all matches against australia unless there is a match fixing scenario, you are dropping the most successfull inidan opener after sachin. Dhoni will regret his decission soon.
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WE NEED DADA.....
by ARAVIND on 2008-01-23 13:26:00.653583+05:30
HEY U DHONI, U HAVE DONE GOOD JOB, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER JOB IF U HAVE ALL OTHER PLAYERS ALSO< AND PLAY 1:11 MATCH. Do u have common sense in not selecting DADA in the team, can u evr do 10.0000 runs in ur life and take 100 wickets. I think u are not the best captain for INDIA, u are taking into wrong direction. May be once Junior players might have played well, but this is no 20-20 to play for 2 hours and returns to beds,U need to stay at crease and stick to wickets and put up the partnerships, except Ganugly no other Indian Batsman can join with Sachin for opening. GOD ONLY SHOULD HELP INDIAN CRICKET....
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We Want DADA
by Selva on 2008-01-23 02:34:11.203189+05:30
Dam Sure without Dada, what india will do in Australia. Let we see. Without sourav 50% of indians hating Indian Cricket
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Maintain good sportsman spirit
by P.P. TALWAR on 2008-01-22 18:26:15.959294+05:30
It is the prarogative of the selection committe to include or not the suitable cricketers for the Team India. Therefore, unnecessary uproar in this regard is unwarranted. The exclusion of Ganguly, Dravid and Laxman from the Team India is well justified, keeping in view the overall fitness of the team. As rightly judged, there is an urgent need to groom the youngsters for the Team India, because taking into account the age factor, the young cricketers are going to produce results in the long run. Sachin Tandulkar, Dravid, Ganguly, kumble and Laxman all having had long innings and now in their late thirties should retire from the cricket on their own, making room for the young cricketers to take their rightful place. Keeping personal interests and selfish outlook aside, the interest and the prestige of the country should be the uppermost in the mind of all. sportspersons.
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Ganguly
by jhulon on 2008-01-22 10:42:44.679062+05:30
BCCI it self ivolved with betting or match fixing, whatever it is called, that's why they droped Ganguly.
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BCCI losses there mind
by Prasun Kumar on 2008-01-24 12:02:13.189469+05:30
they r doing blunders....again the politics in the selection of the players,everybody knows that sachin n sourav are the best pair for the openings,i dnt know y the hell they r doing such a rubbish thing.........
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