Mohali, May 8 (PTI) Sourav Ganguly’s much awaited IPL-IV debut got delayed as in a surprising move, Pune Warriors did not include the former India skipper in the playing XI against Kings XI Punjab, here today.
Ganguly, who went unsold in the auction but recently bought by Pune, was expected to play today’s match as the new entrants’ campaign is in tatters, having lost seven games on the trot.
Just ahead of the match, Ganguly had a long conversation with Pune’s team director Abhijit Sarkar. The conversation between the two continued for quite a while as the two were standing close to the boundary rope.
Ganguly, 38, was given a cold shoulder by Shah Rukh Khan co-owned Kolkata Knight Riders, whom he led in the previous editions, and the nine franchisees also ignored him during the auction.