Ganguly retained skipper

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Ganguly retained skipper

October 02, 2003 19:48 IST
Last Updated: October 02, 2003 23:30 IST

Sourav Ganguly has been retained as captain of the Indian cricket team for the forthcoming two-Test home series against New Zealand.

Ganguly will also lead India in the triangular one-day series, which has Australia as the third team, Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary S K Nair said in a statement.

The first Test against New Zealand, at Ahmedabad, begins on October 8. Nair will announce the Indian team on October 4 after a meeting of the selectors at Rajkot.

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	Sub: good job it's actually a good job by the selectors retaining saurav ganguly as the skipper for both the tests as well as the odis.he has done ... Posted by vivek

	Sub: Great choice-as usual! It was a good decision to retain ganguly as captain. He has been India's most successful captain, and we need him to lead the side ... Posted by Prashanth K IIMK

	Sub: Decision on expected lines. ganguly has been in the helm for 3years and a little and he brought India some overseas victories in tests(which is a rare event ).What ... Posted by Ananth

	Sub: Not a good choice! This is was good opportunity for the board to try some new blood at the helm before the tough Australian trip, but they dropped the ... Posted by P V Rao

	Sub: o ya O ya ...really !!!!! how come..is it news worth headlines..ofcourse he will be retained.....no body can oust him Posted by prasad

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