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I’m obsessive about Rishabh Pant, he’s an absolute match-winner: Sourav Ganguly

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly says he’s “obsessed” with Rishabh Pant’s sport and calls the swashbuckling India wicketkeeper-batsman “an absolute match-winner”.
The former India captain added that he loves watching the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma bat.
“There are some fantastic players and I think as President of the Board I should not say who is my favourite player. All are favourite to me but I enjoy Kohli, I enjoy Rohit Sharma,” Ganguly stated throughout an interactive session organised by on-line tutorial app, Classplus.
“I’m obsessive about Rishabh Pant as a result of I believe he’s simply an absolute match-winner. Jasprit Bumrah is nice, Mohammed Shami is nice, I like Shardul Thakur so much as a result of he has bought the braveness and guts.
“There is immense cricketing talent in India. When (Sunil) Gavaskar was there people used to think what will happen after him, then came (Sachin) Tendulkar, (Rahul) Dravid, Anil Kumble. When Tendulkar, Dravid left, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant took over,” he stated.
“There is so much talent for cricket in India that I think it will produce world beaters in every generation.”

Ganguly, who was picked for India’s tour of Australia in 1992 however didn’t get a single sport, recalled how that have Down Under and the arduous work that adopted within the subsequent years made him a greater cricketer.
“I think about my 1992 sequence as a failure. To be sincere I didn’t get a lot alternatives to play and I got here again from the tour of Australia, however I used to be younger, That (sequence) really helped me to develop into a greater cricketer.
“I came back stronger mentally. I was not fitter, I understood what international cricket was all about. I started to train myself over the period of 3-4 years not just physically but mentally also on how to handle the pressure,” he recalled.
“My sequence in Australia in 1992 really helped me develop into a greater cricketer. When I went to England in 1996, I used to be a lot stronger. I knew what it takes to attain runs in worldwide degree.
“I had another four years of domestic cricket under my belt where I kept scoring runs. Those four years I think was a blessing in disguise for me. Failures makes you better cricketer.”
Ganguly, who underwent two rounds of angioplasty at a Kolkata hospital in January after complaining of chest ache, stated he’s hale and hearty now.
“I am absolutely fit and fine and back to work, doing everything as I did before.”

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