I am not in the captaincy race: Sourav Ganguly Wednesday, January 17, 2007 02:12 [IST]
New Delhi:
Regaining the Indian cricket team's captaincy is not a priority for Sourav
Ganguly who says he just wants to concentrate on his game and win matches for
his side at the moment.
Ganguly said it was inappropriate to talk about a change of captaincy since
World Cup was round the corner and Rahul Dravid needed the full backing from
all quarters.
"I am not in the race for captainship, at least at the present time. I
think we all should back Rahul and we should not even talk about these things
when the World Cup is just two months away," the former Indian captain
said.
"My mission is just to perform and be a part of the winning team. I will
try and play well under pressure if I go to the World Cup, that is if I am
included in the World Cup squad," he said.
Ganguly said he would like to regain his opening slot in batting order but
would go with whatever the team decides.
"It is for the team management to decide but if you see my record, I have
played almost 250 matches as an opener. If they (team management) were to ask
me I would like to open but as I said I am ready to play at any position for
the country," he told 'Aaj Tak' in an interview.
When asked about the loss in South
Africa, Ganguly said, "We should have
drawn the series at least but we lost it, but every member of the team is
responsible for the same (for the defeat). It is not the captain or the coach
alone."
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