Sourav Ganguly Quotes

Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.

When I was a kid, my first dream was to play Test matches, and the second one was to play 100 Test matches because there are very few people who have played 100 Tests for India.

Every cricketer dreams of coming into the Indian side.

It was a great experience to share the dressing room with names like Virat Kohli, M S Dhoni, Rohit Sharma.

Gautam Gambhir is a fantastic cricketer, and he has made India proud as far as his cricketing skills are concerned.

When I first came into the England one-day side and joined the selectors, I wanted to move away from picking what some people called the bits-and-pieces to the best batsmen and bowlers.

A strong India is very, very important for world cricket.

I think it is a good thing for Indian cricket that there is so much competition for opening slot. Players put in more effort because you can be kicked out if you don't play well and make mistakes. I take it positively and try to ensure that I give my best.

I think I have the ability and can play a role in T20 cricket for South Africa.

To have full and multiple criteria is the best way to decide who is best prepared to be on that Olympic team.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

The shot of Kapil Dev kissing the World Cup and hordes of Indian fans all over at Lord's is etched in my memory. Every Indian is proud of that victory, and every Indian player who has played the World Cup after that '83 win wants to bring the Cup home.

One-day cricket is a very important part of our play. We've got a long way to go until the next World Cup and for us it's one ruthless game after another where we can play well.

If they did it like they did it in '96 or whenever, just picking it from one meet, what if someone had the meet of their life but they're not usually a good competitor? That could be really bad for the team. So, I think this is the best way.

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.

I don't know how you keep the world record holder off your team.

I love cricket. My all-time favourite is Sachin Tendulkar, without a shadow of a doubt.

During the time I didn't play for England, they were losing Test matches, and the Yorkshire committee were telling me that I should be batting for my country. Then, when I decided to make myself available to play for England again in 1977, and Yorkshire lost a couple of matches in my absence, they criticised me for not being there.

If a player fails to perform in four or five consecutive matches, he should be dropped irrespective of whether he is a senior or a junior player.

According to me, there couldn't be a better choice for India's coach than Anil Kumble.

I have no real desire to play Test cricket, and the reason I lost this desire was because I was not selected consistently for Test matches.

That's a beautiful thing about India, they got such a big pool of players to call upon. If somebody gets injured, the replacements are generally pretty good.

By the time I made my international debut Tendulkar was already being counted among the best batsmen in the world. Most bowlers knew that his was the crucial wicket in an Indian batting line-up that boasted of many talented batsmen.

What one does in one's club is what determines whether one gets called up for the national team.

But growing as an India cricketer it was about the blue jersey and the pride we all felt wearing that jersey.