Sourav Ganguly reveals the reason behind his unforeseen retirement

The infamous fallout between erstwhile Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly and former India coach Greg Chappell is no secret to Indian cricket fans. Chappell, who was brought in on the recommendation of Ganguly only, went on to become the prime reason for left-hander’s ouster from the national team. And now Ganguly has revealed the reason for his sudden retirement from international cricket in 2008, in the preview chapter of his debut book ‘A Century is Not Enough’.

Ganguly, who scored 7,212 Test runs and 11,363 runs in ODIs, led the national side from 2000 to 2006 and propelled them to 21 Test series wins out of 49.

The 45-year-old, fondly known as the “Prince of Kolkata”, has not talked much about his retirement decision but now he is ready to tell the world the reality through his upcoming book. “I am super excited to give you a first look at my debut book #ACenturyisNotEnough , to be published end of this month,” Ganguly said on Twitter.

Look at the new book

I am super excited to give you a first look at my debut book #ACenturyisNotEnough ,to be published end of this month. 

Read the first chapter, go to Juggernaut: https://t.co/OChPk6UUiJ@juggernautbooks @gbsaltlake pic.twitter.com/KI8nNm3MH9

— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) February 2, 2018

Ganguly opens up

It was a four-match Test series between India and Australia when Ganguly announced his retirement out of the blue. Ahead of the squad selection for the four-match Test series against Australia, Ganguly found himself “extremely agitated” to see the selectors’ mindset.

Speaking about what happened next, Ganguly disclosed, “The message was crystal clear – that a veteran of 100-plus Test matches, a certain Sourav Ganguly, was again on trial. I felt extremely agitated. That is when I told my father that I needed to call it a day. Enough was enough.”

Ganguly revealed the problems started with a warm-up game in Zimbabwe against Zimbabwe A team when the skipper was hurting from a tennis elbow and “retired hurt” to nurse the injury as it was an inconsequential match. And much to Ganguly’s surprise, the Aussie insisted that he goes out and bat.