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No conflict within Indian team: Ganguly
Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday rubbished reports of internal conflict within the Indian team following a humiliating One-Day International (ODI) series defeat against Bangladesh.
“You get to hear all these when a team loses and has not played to their potential. I believe there is no conflict within the team, all of these things have been made up,” he told media persons here.
Following, the team’s first-ever ODI series loss to minnows Bangladesh, Test skipper Virat Kohli had expressed concern over the team’s decision-making.
“Not too happy with the way we have played. We have been sort of doubtful in our decision-making and that shows on the field,” the flamboyant Kohli had said fueling speculations of a rift within the team.
His comments followed team-mates Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin’s vocal support for ODI skipper M.S. Dhoni whose personal coach has claimed “groupism” within the team as the reason for India’s loss. He further claimed that it was affecting Dhoni’s concentration and subsequently individual performance.
Expressing disappointment over India’s performance, Ganguly credited Bangladesh for outplaying India.
“It is disappointing (the result). But Bangladesh have played brilliant cricket credit should be given to them,” he said.
Ganguly also supported Dhoni’s decision to bat up the order. The keeper-batsman, who usually comes in at number six, came out to bat at number four in the last two games of the series scoring 116 runs including a 69.
The southpaw also asserted everything was fine with BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya.
According to media reports, the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Committee found the board president’s “speech incoherent and incomprehensible” when it met him in Kolkata on Tuesday.
The three-judge committee has been appointed to prescribe punishment for ex-BCCI president N. Srinivasan’s son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra, both of whom were found involved in betting in IPL 2013.
After a release from BCCI on Thursday refuted such claims, Ganguly too echoed the same sentiments saying: “Our president is absolutely fit.”
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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