Sunday, December 17, 2006

This is Ganguly!

VRV Singh is batting with Sourav Ganguly at the crease. Its the last Indian batting pair. Commentators are talking about how Ganguly should retain strike as much as possible, avoid unnecessary singles and singles of last balls: everything that'd keep VRV Singh off strike. And what does Ganguly do? Exactly the opposite! He keeps hitting singles and bringing VRV Singh on strike. He doesn't hesitate to run off last ball of any over. VRV Singh, consequently, comes to strikes and make the South Africans pay! He hits them like no one ever expected! That sums up Ganguly rather the 'returned' Ganguly if you will. Unselfishly not playing for his half century and keeping faith in his tail-ender partner he helps India reach 250 when 180 was once the best case target! This is precisely the Ganguly of the late 90s and early 2000s that instilled confidence in his younger players. It was good that he was dropped an year ago when he had lost it. Its better that he has now been taken back since he is now what The Ganguly was all about. Welcome back Sourav Ganguly!