Dada's Stunning confession

Zeus

Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian captain who recently made a remarkable return to the Indian Test and one-day sides, revealed that he'd set a World Cup deadline for himself, after which he would have given up hope of playing for India. He also admitted that he'd captained the side for "too long", adding, in what was a stunning confession, that captaincy doesn't "excite" him anymore.

"I would have tried for a certain period of time," Ganguly said in a wide-ranging interview with Cricinfo Magazine when asked if he'd ever thought of quitting the game during his time away from the Indian team. "I would have tried till the World Cup. If after that it [recall] wouldn't have happened, probably I would have taken other decisions.

"I knew that the selection committee will also change in September. There were a whole lot of things involved in it. As I said, these things were not in my control. I'd just given myself a deadline that I would try till this period of time and just kept going."

Cricinfo - World Cup was deadline for return, says Ganguly

Safin

go dada!!

as they say, those who don't try never succeed and dada is a living testimony of that fact.

Zeus

"I'm totally committed to cricket. We'll see how much longer for, but I've still got time to go on, maybe for a year-and-a-half, or two years. We'll see," the left-hander said.

Ganguly says he has two more years left

Another 2 years max he says. Wonder when sachin would leave.
Dada, Sachin and the wall if they all leave at the same time the indian cricket team would look really ordinary

Ninja

Yup, Yuvraj,kaif and company haven't graduated to their ranks(look at sangakara and jayawardene). India will certainly be an easy side to beat after the "trinity" era

On dada, We all are happy that he is back, after shedding his extra kilos and attitude

params7

Dravid's staying. He's got at least 5-7 more years in him.
And I bet Ganguly will end with more than 2 years anyway. I don't think he'd want to miss the 2011 World Cup.

Zeus

I too feel, somehow the trinity might try to play till 2011 that would be in india.
But, the exit order might be this,

Ganguly
Sachin
Dravid

Or all three together.
Lets hope they leave on a high

Zeus

Originally Posted by params7

Dravid's staying. He's got at least 5-7 more years in him.
And I bet Ganguly will end with more than 2 years anyway. I don't think he'd want to miss the 2011 World Cup.

5-7 Years?
Thats tooo much. be realistic params

Bluffmaster

I would say all 3 guyz ... sachin , dravid , dada will play d 2011 worldcup ..... considering d fact dat itz being held in India .... it surely will be a memorable cup !!