da premier bet： Indian captain Saurav Ganguly, who ended his recent run-drought with apainstaking 85 to lay the foundation for India’s four-wicket winagainst Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Wednesday, thanked one and all forsupporting him through his lean period
28-Jun-2001Indian captain Saurav Ganguly, who ended his recent run-drought with apainstaking 85 to lay the foundation for India’s four-wicket winagainst Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Wednesday, thanked one and all forsupporting him through his lean period.”It is good to score runs. I thank my teammates, family, friends andall supporters here and back home for their encouraging words,” arelieved and happy Ganguly said.Asked whether he would continue with the winning team in the next twomatches, the Indian captain replied in the negative.”We will give a chance to all. There are players who have not playedfor quite some time and all of them are good enough to play in theeleven,” he said. “In the process, we will also be able to fix acombination for the final."Man-of-the-match Rahul Dravid, who saw his team home with an unbeaten72, said, “Sourav showed a lot of character to hang in there and scoreruns.”On his own performance, Dravid said “I am happy to score a matchwinning knock and continue my good form on the tour. Even in the netsI am hitting the ball well.”Guy Whittal, leading Zimbabwe in the absence of Heath Streak, said histeam missed the services of Streak. On the team’s further progress inthe tournament, Whittal said “We will try to play as hard as we can inthe next game too.”