Zeecric Bureau
Kolkata, March 26: A day after Kolkata Knight Rider’s team manager John Buchanan announced in a press conference that his team would be doing away with the concept of Sourav Ganguly as a fixed captain during the forthcoming second season of the Indian Premier League, franchisee owner and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan came out in support of India’s most successful Test skipper.
Backing Ganguly as the leader of the team, Shah Rukh said that “Ganguly is still our main man” and stressed that “no one was taking the captaincy away from Ganguly.”
Shah Rukh also clarified to a private news channel that “all decisions would be taken with Ganguly’s consent.”
In an apparent bid to avoid undermining Buchanan’s stance, Shah Rukh conceded that he was not averse to experiments and that “new ideas should be tried.”
Buchanan’s decision to experiment with a policy of rotation of captaincy had attracted severe criticism from within the cricketing fraternity, including from South African coach Mickey Arthur. Many experts felt that such a situation would lead to confusion amongst players.
Ganguly, who is a cult figure in India and enjoys frenzied admiration in his home town Kolkata had told reporters that Buchanan had not consulted him before heralding the radical changes to Kolkata Knight Riders team set-up.
