Was fortunate to captain a great generation of players: Sourav Ganguly

Ganguly tells Udit Misra that he decided to be aggressive as a captain to back his teammates and provide them an atmosphere to freely express themselves

So tell me, did you like the book (Sourav Ganguly’s A century is not enough)?” asks one of the people facilitating the interview. “Frankly, no,” I say as I wait for my turn in the lobby of Vivanta by Taj in New Delhi to meet someone I believe is the best captain Indian cricket ever had — yes, that’s inclusive of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli; I can’t really comment on Tiger Pataudi though.

“But why?” she asks. I argue that it neither had the granular details of the key events — say the decision to bowl first in the 2003