Ganguly ready for the fight

Sachin Tendulkar couldn8217;t sleep the entire night; upset over the humiliating loss at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday; Sourav Ganguly too brooded8212;all through the journey from Southampton to Bristol 8212;over his gross misjudgment in calling that resulted in him being run out. But today, he puts it in perspective. 8220;These things happen in cricket, sometimes you get bowled and sometimes you get run out. Monty Panesar did well in fielding and I am looking forward to the next match.8221;

Ganguly didn8217;t get a chance during the first one-dayer in Southampton to show what makes him one of the most dangerous opening batsmen in One-Day International cricket and he isn8217;t averse to playing some of his trademark innovative shots against the new ball tomorrow. 8220;I will see. It will really depend on the situation if I can take on the bowlers,8221; he said, leaving it at that. Though his glance at the short boundary can be interpreted as a index of his intent. 8220;I love to play to my strengths,8221; he added, to help draw a firmer conclusion on the line of thought.

He is famous here, not so much as India8217;s most successful captain ever, but as the one who picked up the NatWest Series last time around. And though, Ganguly isn8217;t the skipper anymore, he believes that his then deputy and current skipper Dravid, can do the same. 8220;It8217;s a long series and we have the players to make a comeback. I am sure we will bounce back and win the series this time too,8221; he said.