Sachin is Bharat Ratna: Ganguly
Kolkata: Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday joined the chorus in demanding Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award, for batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.
“Sachin is a Bharat ratna. There is no doubt that he should be conferred the Bharat Ratna award,” Ganguly told reporters after attending the practice session of the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens.
The KKR skipper denied observation from some quarters that his side was weak in the bowling department. “On the contrary, we have a strong bowling side. We have Shane Bond, Brad Hogg, Ishant Sharma, Ajantha Mendis, Ashok Dinda, Ajit Agarkar and Lakshmi Ratan Shukla.”
On the third wicketkeeper issue of the IPL franchise, the KKR captain said it would be decided soon. Besides Brendon Mccullum, the Kiwi wicketkeeper batsman who is expected to join late in the tournament and captained KKR in last season, KKR have Bengal’s Wriddhiman Saha as their second keeper.
The decision would be taken in couple of days and third wicket keeper could be one among Deep Dasgupta, Tilak Naidu and Rohit Sabharwal, Ganguly added.
After a disastrous campaign in the earlier edition last year in South Africa, KKR will feature in the inaugural match against Deccan Chargers in Mumbai on March 12. Ganguly would be hoping better show this time.
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