Re: India vs Srilanka- 3rd Test
This Ganguly episode reminds me of Kapil Dev's last few years of international cricket.
I remember getting into huge arguments with friends who would just not accept that Kapil Dev was over the hill and should be kicked out of the team.
He continued to be selected since his name was KAPIL DEV while doing hardly anything of note on the field....He increased his wickets tally at a snail's pace often with wickets of tail-enders during his last few years......until he broke Hadlee's world record of highest number of Test Wickets.....at that point Kapil had played 100000 tests compared to Hadlee's 86 I think.....but stupid Indian fans and media were still rejoicing at the GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.
Sorry for thinking aloud !!