Former Indian captain, Sourav Ganguly has been signed by the Pune Warriors India to play IPL-4. Ganguly, who was unsold in IPL auction will replace injured Ashish Nehra.
“We were waiting for Ashish Nehra’s fitness report and ultimately the report came yesterday. I was already in talks with Ganguly and we decided that the amount of experience that Sourav has in cricket will no doubt help the team. So we finalized Ganguly last night,” Pune Warriors Team director Abhijit Sarkar said referring to the finger injury that Nehra has been nursing and confirmed the signing of Ganguly.
The 38-year-old refused a mentor’s role with KKR after that and there had been speculation of a possible comeback through another franchise.
The left-handed batman was first sought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala but their application was rejected by the IPL’s Governing Council.
However, he signed on the dotted line for Pune on Monday, giving a major fillip to the side which has lost six matches on the trot after starting promisingly with a couple of back-to-back wins.
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