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Ganguly to say goodbye to cricket after Australia series
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by Amitjha | October 7, 2008 at 03:45 am
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Bengal tiger's stinct is going to end on field, today he announced his retirement plan.Intense media pressure for his consecutive failures and increasing age , made him to take this decision.Just few days back he said in an interview that , there is lot of cricket left in me, i am abosolutely fit for the uocoming series.
This 10000 run getter is most sucessful captain of india, and given a new meaning to fighting spirit of indian  squad.
Former India captain Saurav Ganguly announced on Tuesday that he will retire after the test series against Australia that starts this week.
"This is going to be my last series," the 36-year-old left-hander told a packed news conference two days ahead of the first test.
"I have decided to quit. I have told my team mates before I came here. These four test matches are going to be my last."
Ganguly was named in the squad for the first two tests despite being dropped for a premier domestic game, seen as a selection match, following a poor series in Sri Lanka in August.
The first test in Bangalore starts on Thursday.
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at 04:52 on October 7th, 2008
Amitjha, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 10:29 on October 7th, 2008
No one made baby blue look quite so good. Ganguly will be missed by his fans, but he leaves an incredible legacy that will be hard to top. I will always remember him for saying "I just can't think without cricket."