After going unsold in the players’ auction, former India captain Sourav Ganguly today made a dramatic return to the Indian Premier League by signing up for struggling franchise Pune Warriors as replacement for injured Ashish Nehra .
Ganguly, who played for IPL Kolkata Knight Riders for three seasons captaining them in two editions, January went unsold in the players’ auction despite a rather modest base price of USD 400,000.
The 38-year-old Refused to mentor’s role with KKR and after that there had been speculation of a possible comeback through another franchise.
The left-handed batman was first sought by Tuskers Kochi Kerala but their application was rejected by the IPL’s Governing Council.
However, he signed on the dotted line for Pune yesterday, giving a major fillip to the side Which they have lost, six matches on the trot after starting promisingly with a couple of back-to-back wins.
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He was the only senior Indian player left out in the IPL. Now, he managed to come back. All the best dada..
Unfortunately he wont be able to play much matches this time because of poor performance of Pune in This season lets hope fr d best