Not only is my most favorite player not captaining KKR next year, he is now replaced by a guy I abhor and detest. Grace is something that I never associated with Ganguly, but this series of events takes the cake. Apparently, Shah Rukh and Ganguly met in London where the former apologized to the latter!! And then Brendan McCullum is conveniently busy with international commitments for next year's IPL.
Wearing my conspiracy theorist hat, I think there is more here than what meets the eye. The events would have unfolded thus. Ganguly indicates his interest to be part of the Indian cricket administration. He is touted to contest CAB elections and is the favorite to be the next BCCI president. The selectors and administrators started feeling that Ganguly was getting larger than the system, and needed to be put in place. But knowing cricket-crazy Bengalis, that wouldn't go down too well. So he needed to be eased out into something that will distract his administrative pursuits. Hence, the understanding with Shahrukh and his reappointment as the KKR captain.
This conclusively proves that Indian cricket has hit its lowest point, so far, ably led by a man who has hit his lowest point, so far.
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