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Indian
cricket skipper Saurav Ganguly tells 91热爆 Hindi he is "keen
to open again"
In
an exclusive interview with 91热爆 Hindi, Indian cricket skipper Saurav
Ganguly said he wants to open the Indian innings.
Ganguly
also said the sacking of South Africa's cricket captain Shaun Pollock
was unfair.
Speaking
on Tuesday 18 March, the eve of the Cricket World Cup semi-final
with Kenya, Ganguly said that he believes he is better as an opener:
"Only Sachin Tendulkar has been better than me as an opener,
I have scored about nine thousand runs with 20 centuries."
Ganguly
denied allegations that he was not willing to come down in the batting
order despite being in bad form: "I did leave the opening slot
not because I had difficulty in scoring runs. I had to come down
because Virnedar Sehwag was not doing well in the middle order."
Saurav
clarified that decisions are made based on the needs of the team
and not on personal grounds.
In
the interview the Indian skipper also felt the sacking of South
Africa's captain Shaun Pollock was not fair: "The captain alone
should not be blamed for the defeat. The South African cricket board
should have looked into the reasons of the bad performance of the
whole team before sacking him."
For
further information, audio online and the rest of the Cricket World
cup coverage, visit .
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