Sourav Ganguly (B): The Second Coming

            
 
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Case Code : LDEN049
Case Length : 15 Pages
Period : 2005-2007
Pub Date : 2007
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Not Applicable
Industry : Sports and Entertainment Countries : India

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"The same team was doing very well earlier but the downslide, I feel, started with the unsavoury manner in which Ganguly was ousted."1

- Ajit Wadekar, Former captain and coach of the
Indian cricket team, in November 2006.

"You need to have your priorities clear. You have to have a clear idea of what you want to do, what is good for you, and what will make you happy. I wanted to play for India again. The love for whatever you do is your driving force."2

- Sourav Ganguly, Former captain of the
Indian national cricket team, in February 2007.

"The problem was/is he (Ganguly) was/is a giant among men. He has a strong personality and some of the players are more comfortable with him than Dravid. It is never an ideal situation to have two or three power centres in any major setup. Good teams become great because they have one strong leader."3

- Bobilli Vijay Kumar, Times of India, in March 2007.

The Aging Comeback Kid

In November 2006, the most successful captain of the Indian cricket team, Sourav Ganguly (Ganguly) made a memorable comeback to the Indian team. This was considered significant as everyone had written him off after having being dropped from the Indian test squad in February 2006. Ganguly was considered a charismatic leader by both experts and fans alike – someone who had brought many glories to India in the past.4

His own personal batting performance, a public spat with the team India coach, Greg Chappell (Chappell), and murky board politics had nearly put an end to his international cricketing career. But Ganguly displayed a tenacity and never-say-die attitude to win back his place in the team.

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The Indian cricket team had some initial success after Ganguly's exit, but then started faltering. From May 2006 to November 2006, it had a disastrous run. The youngsters in the team failed to deliver and the performance of the more established team members too suffered.

The team seemed to be in total disarray. Chappell's coaching methods and his "process", which placed more emphasis on youth than experience, was questioned by many. Some experts felt that Chappell had tugged at the fabric of the team by the way in which he worked for Ganguly's removal and humiliated him in public. Some cricket experts had already predicted that this incident and Captain Rahul Dravidf's (Dravid) decision to not stand by Ganguly would divide the Indian team. Former captain of Sri Lanka, Arjuna Ranatunga,5 had predicted, "In this entire Sourav Ganguly episode, his (Dravid's) silence borders on complicity. He has every reason to seek the team he wants; but he also owes it to his men to be seen standing right next to them.

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1]  Ajit Wadekar, "Ganguly's Ouster Started India's Slide," www.cricket.indiatimes.com.

2]  Ashok Chatterjee, "The Ex Files," www.indiatimes.com, March 11, 2007.

3]  Bobilli Vijay Kumar, "Dravid, Greg May be Retained," www.worldcup.indiatimes.com, March 2007.

4]  Sunandan Lele,""We have to Deliver" – Sourav Ganguly," www.sadhnapath.com, 2005.

5]  Arjuna Ranatunga is a former captain of the Sri Lankan national cricket team. He was considered one of the best leaders in International cricket as he had transformed his team from minnows in world cricket to world champions in 1996.

 

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