VIDEO : Sourav Ganguly Lashes out at Players caught in Spot Fixing - May 16, 2013

Kerala pacer S. Sreesanth and two other players of the Rajasthan Royals Indian Premier League team have been arrested by the Delhi Police and charged with spot-fixing in the on-going tournament. 

Sreesanth and the others, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, were arrested in a secret swoop at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai, where they were staying, and will be brought to Delhi to be produced in court.  

VIDEO : Watch Here
 
Reacting to this Sourav Ganguly on Headlines Today said :

"I am very upset.It is non-sense.Its about the culture and mentality you were brought in. I am sorry for being a bit harsh on live television.With the money you get in from fixing you wish to live luxuriously, play well this ipl score more you will automatically get that life next season.It is only about the mentality. I am very very sad for Dravid. He has led his team very well.They are in last fours now.By doing this they're hurting other peoples life & Sentiments.It about how well you want your life to be. A rule/Law cannot stop all these. Its about individuals standing up to decide how their life should be."

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Then What was Ganguly's Fault This Time ? - An Angry Ashok Malhotra asks PWI Management

Former Indian & Bengal Cricketer Ashok Malhotra Lashes out at the PWI Management in his Column in ABP Today.

Last year, we heard so many things about Ganguly's PWI. Things like he couldn't lead his team properly,couldn't play like a unit which ruined team's performance. This year with Ganguly not in line-up, people said PWI have a great Team & a Great Chance this year. Got fed up of hearing all these. I want to see the faces of all those, who told such things recently. Ganguly is not part/related to your team in any form, so what is your result this year? 12 losses out of 14. With PWI losing yesterday to MI, it has recorded their 9th consecutive loss. You can't restrict Mumbai after you have posted only 112. MI has qualified for the play offs winning the match by 5 wickets. 

My humble question to the PWI management, if your team is so bad with low profile cricketers whom you bought in the auction, no captain can do anything. In Ganguly's regime atleast, they had proper planning for every matches, irrespective of the result of the game. He tried to lead a very mediocre team from the front. That is absent this year. Can u tell me, on what grounds a player like Kane Richardson was bought for a huge amount of 4 crores at the auctions ?. how can Alland Donald be a full time coach, who doesn't have any records of being a full time coach ? Why a spinner like Mendis being made to sit out even on a spinning track ? I dont think PWI management have any answer to these Questions.

There is a wrong belief that a good team can be made if lakhs and lakhs of rupees can be spent in the auctions. if that is the case then teams like RR and SRH wouldn't have won any matches. Believe me, now i get frustrated when i see PWI matches. PWI have uthappa for power-play overs, but in t20 the 15-20 overs are very crucial as more runs come from those overs. i think PWI management has forgot this fact. uthappa, finch, mathews, steve smith are all players of same style. My question is if you have the power to spend money, then why wouldn't you bring a player like AB devilliers in your team. if MI could why you couldn't you buy Rohit Sharma. They have money, but they cant find a player who can score quick as well as big runs. 

You have a 37 man team, 16 of them are foreigners and you still cant find a good foreign pacer. Pace attack is only dependent on Dinda & Bhuvi.
I want to say about captaincy too. 3 captains in this season is unbelievable and ridiculous. Today mathews, tomorrow taylor and day after tomorrow finch. There's nothing called 'Nucleus' in this team and if their are much problems regarding captaincy, why wasn't yuvraj made the captain for whole season ? I heard that he didn't want to take the job of captaincy. Has the PWI management talked to yuvraj regarding this issue? All these questions will remain unanswered.

Translated By : Shrayan
Edited By : Goutham

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INTERVIEW : Sourav Ganguly Opens up on KKR's poor Run in IPL6, SRK & Much more

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 

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Sourav Ganguly Hosts " Tax Your Brain " Quiz Show for School Students in Delhi

TAX YOUR BRAIN : A brand new quiz show for school students from class IX to XII. Aim is to reach out to the maximum number of people and evoke their interest in Economy, Finance & Taxation and to make a topic easy to understand and fun through an entertaining quiz show by the Income Tax Department.

Yesterday (May 8, 2013) Tax Your Brain CITY CHAMPS from Jaipur, Raipur, Ranchi & Mysore battled it out to make it to the semi-finals in Film City Noida on the sets of Tax Your Brain Quiz Show hosted by Sourav Ganguly.

By : Goutham Kumar

Series airs on NDTV soon. Watch this space for updates!

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Participate in Sourav Ganguly's Show " DADAGIRI " - Registration Details

It all started in 2009, when a word, used by hundreds of thousands of Bengalis, was given a whole new dimension. "Dadagiri" was born and soon, people from all across Bengal took notice. It wasn't long before they were hooked to the show. Dadagiri changed the television behavioral pattern of Bengal and is undoubtedly "The Superhit Game of Bengal".


Dadagiri - the reality show that took Bengal by storm is back with another chance to challenge the Prince of Kolkata Sourav Ganguly at his own game for Season 2013.

 Registration Details for Participating in " DADAGIRI " 2013. 

Follow this Link & Fill up the Registration Form. You can get a Chance to Share Stage with Sourav Ganguly. 

Registration Form - DADAGIRI

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