TIL Desk Sports/ Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has said that he was “desperate” to become the national coach but ended up being an administrator.
“You should do what you can and not thinking about the outcome. You never know where life goes; you never know where life will take you. I went to Australia in 1999, I wasn’t even the vice-captain. Sachin (Tendulkar) was the captain and in three months I became the captain of India,” he said.
“When I got into administration, I was desperate to be the coach of the national side. (Jagmohan) Dalmiya called me and said ‘why you don’t you try for six months’. He passed away and none was around, so I became the CAB president.
People take 20 years to become president. You have to live for the day,” Ganguly said while speaking at the India Today Conclave East 2017. He also spoke about his controversial face-off with coach Greg Chappell and why he called it quits.
One of the most successful Indian captains Ganguly was dropped in January 2006 but made a comeback against South Africa in the Johannesburg Test in December and went on to score an unbeaten 51.
