Sourav Ganguly will fly to Delhi to guide Bengal which has entered the Vijay Hazare semis

Manoj Tiwary’s Bengal beat Kedar Jadhav’s Maharashtra in a thriller by 4 wickets at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Wednesday. Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly was happy with Bengal’s performance. It was Bengal’s biggest run chase ever, when they surpassed Maharashtra’s score of 318 runs with one ball to spare.

“You give just two more years to this side. Everyone will see what they are capable off. If we can find out a few more talented players you will see a transformed Bengal side, who are more aggressive and more positive on the field,” said Sourav.

Sourav will fly to Delhi to give the team some pep-talks before the semi-final match.

Sourav spoke about Vision 20-20 project for this result. He said,” If you follow a process, the results will come automatically. Earlier we had two days league matches but now it is played for three days. You are playing first class matches which is played for four days and here in club cricket the players were playing for just two days, anyone can understand no players will come out in this process. You have to study hard to get good marks in the Madhyamik exam, as there is no shortcut for success.”

Bengal have won their last 14 out of 15 games, which is an excellent record by any side. The CAB president praised Manoj and co. for their great performance, saying that Bengal always have performed well in first-class cricket. It was unfortunate that they couldn’t play the Ranji match against Gujarat due to massive fog at Delhi lost a close match against Baroda at Lahli.” If we had won those two matches the results in Ranji Trophy could have been much different,” said Ganguly.

Sourav also expressed surprise on Dhoni led Jharkhand playing their quarter-final match at Airforce Complex Ground, Palam, New Delhi since the open ground would have hampered Dhoni’s security. When Jharkhand played in Kolkata, they refused to practice at the Jadavpur University ground citing Dhoni’s security issue. According to Sourav,” Jharkhand should have played their matches at the Feroz Shah Kotla with proper security,”.