Sourav Ganguly to play in IPL 4 for Pune Warriors
Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders had offered Sourav, one of India's best ever captains, the role of the mentor of KKR. But he refused this role. Now, he's back in the IPL as a player for Pune Warriers.
INDIAN PREMIER League debutant team Pune Warriors has signed former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly for the remainder of the IPL's season four. Pune Warriors signed former Indian captain as replacement for injured pacer Ashish Nehra. He has been ruled out of the tournament due to the finger injury. During the Cricket World Cup semi-final match against Pakistan in March, left hand medium pacer Nehra sustained injuries.
Sourav Ganguly, who went unsold in the IPL's players auction held in January 2011, had played previous three seasons of Indian Premier League for Shah Rukh Khan owned Kolkata Knight Riders and captaining them in two editions.
Pune Warriors team is going through a bad patch in the IPL with six straight loses, and the team is at the bottom of the points table. Ganguly will is likely to join Pune in its game against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday at the ground of Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. Mumbai Indians have been in fine form in this edition of the IPL.
Pune Warriors team is going through a bad patch in the IPL with six straight loses, and the team is at the bottom of the points table. Ganguly will is likely to join Pune in its game against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday at the ground of Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. Mumbai Indians have been in fine form in this edition of the IPL.
Sourav Ganguly retired from international cricket in 2008, and he played his last IPL match against Mumbai Indians at Kolkata on Apr 19, 2010. The veteran southpaw has played 58 T20 matches so far, and he scored 1408 runs at a strike rate of 109.74. In T20s Ganguly's individual score is 91, and he has scored eight fifties.
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