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I was asked to step down: Ganguly

BULAWAYO: : Indian captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday made the sensational disclosure that he was asked to step down as captain before the start of the first Test against Zimbabwe currently on in Bulawayo.

After scoring 101 in India's first innings, Ganguly said that he was asked on the eve of the match to step down as captain.

Ganguly did not quite take Greg Chappell's name but give enough indications that it was the coach himself who wanted him to do so.

Chappell, when asked about it, said that the only thing he would share with the press is the composition the team should have in the match.

Ganguly, who left the practice session on the eve of the match for half an hour, confirmed that he did so because he was upset with this demand on him.

``Yes, it was suggested. I was under a lot of pressure,'' the skipper said.

Ganguly said that India's poor performance was only restricted to one-dayers recently and the only time he personally failed was against Pakistan earlier this year.

He said he had scored close to 1000 runs in the last 16 Test innings. — PTI

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