Former India captain Sourav Ganguly made some interesting revelations in his soon-to-be-published autobiography “A Century is Not Enough” where he went on to say that his father was unable to bear his struggle and wanted him to retire when he was kept out of the Indian team by coach Greg Chappell and he was desperately fighting his way back. During Chappell’s stint with the Indian team, Ganguly lost the captaincy and also his place in the squad for a while.
“I asked him point-blank, did he think I was no longer an automatic choice in his eleven? Kumble – the gentleman that he has always been – seemed embarrassed with my call. He told me he hadn’t been consulted before the selection committee chaired by Dilip Vengsarkar took this decision,” Ganguly writes in the book, co-authored by Gautam Bhattacharya and published by Juggernaut Books.
He asked Kumble another question. Did he still believe that his team wanted his services?
“Kumble’s reply consoled me. He said if it came to him taking the call, he would pick me again for the upcoming Test match selection. I heaved a great sigh of relief.”
