Ganguly: Country always comes first
The Prince of Kolkata slams BCCI for not doing enough to balance club versus country
The ongoing country versus club debate just about got a bit more intriguing. Former India captain and the man behind the massive turnaround in Indian cricket since the start of the new millennium, Sourav Ganguly feels the BCCI should know to draw a fine balance and there is no pint blaming the players
Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today differed from Arjuna Ranatunga’s take on IPL being a "monster" but at the same time stressed that "country always comes first."
"Always country comes first but at the same time you need to draw a fine balance. It’s for the Board maintain a balance between international assignments and IPL. Don’t forget IPL is a product of BCCI," the former captain told the reporters at a promotional event here today.
About the debate that the injury management of the players have left a lot to be desired, he said that the tournament needs big names like Tendulkar, Sehwag, Warne.
"It would not be so successful without the likes of Tendulkars, Shane Warnes among others. It’s very difficult to balance as the players are humans after all. So at some stage they need rest.
"But at the same time IPL is so big. It’s very difficult to balance as BCCI wants all the players to take part in IPL." About Ranatunga’s comments, he said, "I know he is harping this for a long time. But I don’t think IPL is a monster."
The Prince of Calcutta cited examples of Manoj Tiwary and Venugopal Rao who have been able to resurrect their fledgling careers courtesy IPL. "Don’t forget that it has made life for a lot of players.
Source: MSN
