New Delhi, July 10: Convinced that Sourav Ganguly was unfit for Twenty20 cricket, former Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan had asked the left-hander to quit after the first edition of the Indian Premier League.
In his latest book ‘The Future of Cricket: The rise of Twenty20’, Buchanan revealed advising Ganguly to quit Twenty20 even though the then Knight Riders captain refused to oblige.
“At the end of the (inaugural IPL) tournament I told something he did not want to hear. ‘I really think your game was off the pace and the more you play T20, the more harm you will do yourself,’ I told him.
“Sourav responded to my frank assessment by claiming he had at least one more year of 20-over cricket in him.
–PTI