Sourav Ganguly is hosting a quiz show named 'TAX YOUR BRAIN', involving schoolkids from various parts of India. Its conducted by IT dept of India. The interview was taken while he was taking a break from shooting in Noida.
Gautam Bhattacharya of ABP INTERVIEWS Sourav Ganguly :
KKR are out of IPL.Your Take ?
Hmm.
Why only 'hmmm'? how did it happen this time, how can the defending
champs bow out so early?
Its a very common thing in sports. Its not a guarantee that last year champs will play well this year too. There are many back-to-back matches in IPL. Today you play a match, tomorrow you have to leave early in the morning and another match day-after-tomorrow. The problem is that if you start playing badly you dont get time to recover. This happened with KKR. Momentum is a must for a team to play well in T20, which was not with KKR this time.
From the beginning of the season batting failed miserably for KKR.
Yes its one of the reasons but the main reason is the failure of sunil narine. He is no more a mystery. The over dependance on him failed.
Please explain a bit more.
Narine single handedly won KKR many matches last year.Not the same this time.
Why Narine Everytime? last year in the final, he gave away lots of runs against CSK.
Leave aside the final. Rest of the matches, narine was the big factor. Oppositions respected him more than others. He won kkr many tough matches last year. This year, narine is not among the top 6 bowlers which shows that the oppositions have read out narine successfully and it has become tough for KKR to win matches without him.
But Yusuf Pathan is a bigger dissapoinment. If u were the captain would you have sticked to Pathan?
Tough to say. I dont know what i would have done. Opponents have read out his weakness but since the Indian players options were not that much in KKR Gambhir had no choice.
Kallis?
Please leave me, i dont want to say much about KKR again and again.
You thing Gambhir missed a trick with the Batting Order?
Ohhh! Again!!
Please say something about Gambhir?
KKR played 3 seasons under him 1st time Semis, 2nd time champs and this time Knocked out. He has done Well.
Gambhir's batting?
Gambhir hasn't been in the best of forms this year. Add to that his behaviour on the field is very different this time around. He is out of the Indian team in two formats.I guess thats reflecting on the field. Last year he was a relieved Player, he was mentaly relaxed. 'Frame of Mind' is such a thing which is very important, it creates a huge difference in T20 format.
Leaving out Manoj Tiwary out of the Mumbai bound Team right decision?
How can I answer that, its the decision of the KKR management.
During Your Tenure with KKR, SRK used to stay with the Team, Send in SMS's but thats not the case this time around it right ?
How can i comment on it ?. Its between SRK and His Team.
Ban on SRK on entering Wankhede?
No Comments.
Next year, Fresh auctions. Whom do you think Should KKR Retain & Whom should they drop out ?
Oh God, its KKR's decision. i cant interfere.
If you answer like this, people will think You're not the Real Sourav.
What can i do.
Ok. How Should KKR prepare for the next season ?
First thing will be to change the wicket at Eden Gardens. Pitch should be good then it will be easy for KKR in the away games too. An out of form batsmen should be given a good batting track to get his confidence back and not a spin track at your own backyard.If its a hard wicket, then the batsmen can btat better batting through the line. his Confidence will be high for away maches too. T20 is a Hard Hitting game nothing will happen if u cant Hit out.
Tell me about the quiz show you're hosting. The kid contestants will definately ask you a lot of questions after seeing a celebrity of your stature?
Yes, thay do ask a lot of questions.
Looking at this year's dismal record, if SRK offers you the role of mentor next season, will you agree?
i have no problem speaking to SRK. Can't think about that now.
Tell me something about PWI's Dismal Run this Year.
Now please leave me. KKR is enough for today.
Translated By : Shrayan
Edited By : Arun
©ABP
Gautam Bhattacharya of ABP INTERVIEWS Sourav Ganguly :
KKR are out of IPL.Your Take ?
Hmm.
Why only 'hmmm'? how did it happen this time, how can the defending
champs bow out so early?
Its a very common thing in sports. Its not a guarantee that last year champs will play well this year too. There are many back-to-back matches in IPL. Today you play a match, tomorrow you have to leave early in the morning and another match day-after-tomorrow. The problem is that if you start playing badly you dont get time to recover. This happened with KKR. Momentum is a must for a team to play well in T20, which was not with KKR this time.
From the beginning of the season batting failed miserably for KKR.
Yes its one of the reasons but the main reason is the failure of sunil narine. He is no more a mystery. The over dependance on him failed.
Please explain a bit more.
Narine single handedly won KKR many matches last year.Not the same this time.
Why Narine Everytime? last year in the final, he gave away lots of runs against CSK.
Leave aside the final. Rest of the matches, narine was the big factor. Oppositions respected him more than others. He won kkr many tough matches last year. This year, narine is not among the top 6 bowlers which shows that the oppositions have read out narine successfully and it has become tough for KKR to win matches without him.
But Yusuf Pathan is a bigger dissapoinment. If u were the captain would you have sticked to Pathan?
Tough to say. I dont know what i would have done. Opponents have read out his weakness but since the Indian players options were not that much in KKR Gambhir had no choice.
Kallis?
Please leave me, i dont want to say much about KKR again and again.
You thing Gambhir missed a trick with the Batting Order?
Ohhh! Again!!
Please say something about Gambhir?
KKR played 3 seasons under him 1st time Semis, 2nd time champs and this time Knocked out. He has done Well.
Gambhir's batting?
Gambhir hasn't been in the best of forms this year. Add to that his behaviour on the field is very different this time around. He is out of the Indian team in two formats.I guess thats reflecting on the field. Last year he was a relieved Player, he was mentaly relaxed. 'Frame of Mind' is such a thing which is very important, it creates a huge difference in T20 format.
Leaving out Manoj Tiwary out of the Mumbai bound Team right decision?
How can I answer that, its the decision of the KKR management.
During Your Tenure with KKR, SRK used to stay with the Team, Send in SMS's but thats not the case this time around it right ?
How can i comment on it ?. Its between SRK and His Team.
Ban on SRK on entering Wankhede?
No Comments.
Next year, Fresh auctions. Whom do you think Should KKR Retain & Whom should they drop out ?
Oh God, its KKR's decision. i cant interfere.
If you answer like this, people will think You're not the Real Sourav.
What can i do.
Ok. How Should KKR prepare for the next season ?
First thing will be to change the wicket at Eden Gardens. Pitch should be good then it will be easy for KKR in the away games too. An out of form batsmen should be given a good batting track to get his confidence back and not a spin track at your own backyard.If its a hard wicket, then the batsmen can btat better batting through the line. his Confidence will be high for away maches too. T20 is a Hard Hitting game nothing will happen if u cant Hit out.
Tell me about the quiz show you're hosting. The kid contestants will definately ask you a lot of questions after seeing a celebrity of your stature?
Yes, thay do ask a lot of questions.
Looking at this year's dismal record, if SRK offers you the role of mentor next season, will you agree?
i have no problem speaking to SRK. Can't think about that now.
Tell me something about PWI's Dismal Run this Year.
Now please leave me. KKR is enough for today.
Translated By : Shrayan
Edited By : Arun
©ABP
