Ganguly, not retained by KKR, went unsold at the auction. Yes, not a single taker among the 10 franchises that saw the darling of Bengal shunted in an elite but unwanted list that included legendary names like Brian Lara, Sanath Jayasuriya and even Chris Gayle – the last named has a strike rate of 144.49 in the T20 format.
June 19 2013, 12:51 am
Read MoreBy Dibyasundar Nayak The auction of players for the forthcoming IPL is over. Players were bought for astronomical price. Some of the players bought were unheard names. But the bigger news was the deal that didn't happen - the embarrassing sight of seeing Saurav Ganguly’s name failing to elicit any response from any of the franchisee during the Round 1 and the re-auction. It was stunning, to put it mildly.
October 20 2012, 1:10 am
Read MoreKolkata is famous as the City of Joy but metropolitan Bengalis also aspire for breaks to escape from their daily life of addas, mishtis and politics. And what do Calcuttans do? With several beaches, pilgrimage and heritage towns, wildlife and nature parks located within a 500 km
April 3 2013, 1:52 pm
Read MoreBy Amrut Thobbi Shakeel, the barber who runs a hair-cutting saloon,Shakeel For Youin Bandra (West) is working overtime these days as the number of people thronging his saloon is growing by the day. The increase in number, says Shakeel, is due to the new fad created bySachin Tendulkar.
May 7 2012, 3:29 pm
Read MoreThe small screen actor recently took the plunge and landed in B-town with the movie Main Aur Mr Right which is slated to release in July. But what is he doing nowadays?
March 19 2013, 4:29 pm
Read MoreThe actor says comparisons with cricketer Sourav Ganguly are embarrassing, but he wouldn't have him back in Kolkata Knight Riders Asking the fans to grow up, Bollywood superstar and Kolkata Knight Riders owner
May 16 2012, 2:48 pm
Read MoreFans of Sourav Ganguly will get a lifetime chance to spend time with their idol on the former India captain's 40th birthday on Sunday.
July 7 2012, 5:38 pm
Read MoreA big-time betting racket that may have made crores on the recent India-England Test match in Mumbai at Wankhede where India were humiliated by a ten-wicket loss, seems to have been busted by the Kolkata police.
November 28 2012, 11:34 am
Read MoreDid someone say T20 cricket is a young man’s game? The likes of Adam Gilchrist, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting may like to think otherwise. Nishad Pai Vaidya visits the Veteran’s Club at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013.
April 1 2013, 11:00 am
Read MoreAs part of his week-long visit to India, Prince Andrew, will visit Kohima to commemorate Queen’s diamond jubilee celebration, official sources said on Monday.
May 1 2012, 12:21 am
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