Shastri is living in fool's world: Sourav Ganguly

Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly hit back to the comments made by former Team India director Ravi Shastri, who criticized Ganguly for not being present at the interview to select India’s head coach.

Ganguly said that Shastri was living in a “fool’s world” if he thought that he is the reason that he missed out on being appointed as the Indian head coach. “If Ravi thinks because of me that he is not the coach of Team India, then he is living in a fool’s world. Ravi has made a personal attack which was not expected and is very saddening,” he said.

The CAB president also added that he was “surprised and saddened” at the personal attack and said that it was previously decided that he will attend the CAB working committee meeting on that day.

To this, Ganguly retorted: “I am extremely surprised and saddened on the comments of Ravi Shastri. It was already previously decided that I will attend the CAB working committee meeting on the day of these coach elections.”

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He also said that that Shastri should have been physically present for the interview, who was in Bangkok and attended the interview through video conferencing. “I say this with anger that my counter piece of advice to Shastri is that he should have been present physically and not holidaying in Bangkok for such an important event. Ravi should have shown some more maturity before going public about it,” Ganguly concluded.