India is a nation of cricket fans and when 1.3 billion people have to make a choice about the Best Indian Cricket player, it won’t be easy to name one.

Kolkata, March 25 : Sourav Ganguly today said that he was not consulted on the captaincy issue and that he came to know about it from the press, hours after being dropped as the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders.

"I was not consulted on the captaincy issue before the final decision was made. I learnt about it from the press," Sourav told a news channel.

Ganguly also added that a team could be expected to do well only if it has a set squad and that cricket was all about giving players confidence and security.

Kolkata, Mar. 12 : Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly today said that as far as he was concerned India was a safe country to play in and was hopeful that the second edition of the Indian Premier League(IPL) would take place without any problems.

On the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls coinciding with IPL fixtures, Ganguly said it was for the Home Ministry and the IPL authorities to take a decision regarding dates if required.

Kolkata, Mar. 11 : Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly participated in a childrens Holi programme on Tuesday, which was organised at his wife Dona’s dance academy.

Dona, who is an Odissi dancer, runs ‘Diksha Manjuri’ in Kolkata. Sourav and his daughter Sana made their presence felt, revelling with young dancers and splashing colours.

“I came here to see the children dance. I don''t understand dance but children enjoy and that''s enough for me,” admitted the former cricketer.

The highlight of the evening was of course Sana''s tiny dancing steps.

The King Khan aka the Bollywood legend Shah Rukh Khan has got another reason to be back in the news.

Though he may be recovering at his home following arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder, but when it comes to biz, it seems that no-one is as serious as our “Badshah Khan”, and why not he shouldn’t be when the second season of IPL is all set to start with a bang from April 10.

Allahabad, Feb 17 : Career prospects in politics do not seem to appeal to former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly.

Dona Ganguly, Sourav''s wife, who was in Allahabad to attend a dance show on Tuesday, said she was approached by some politician in Lucknow inviting her husband to contest from Uttar Pradesh.

Dona could not name the political party that approached Sourav. Unable to remember the details, she said, "Such offers keep coming... I don''t remember who was it... I think it was Samajwadi Party."