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Indian parliament will debate Ganguly axing

Dalmiya urges Pawar to take him back

AFP, New Delhi
Ganguly, India's most successful captain with 21 Test wins, was dropped from the squad on Wednesday after the second Test against Sri Lanka here.
Sourav Ganguly's omission from the Indian team for the third and final Test against Sri Lanka took a political twist Saturday with parliament preparing to discus his sacking next week.
Somnath Chatterjee, speaker of the lower house of parliament, said Ganguly had suffered an "injustice" as a result of "politics in the game" and the issue would be discussed next week.
"I have allowed this to be added in the agenda and it will come up for discussion. Such incidents will affect the morale of young players and we must take corrective measures," he was quoted as saying in Indian media Saturday.
His dumping triggered a wave of protests, particularly in his home town of Kolkata, as fans, cricketers and politicians condemned the decision of the national selectors.
Ganguly has already received political backing with Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee saying the batsman deserved a place in the Test team.
"I think we should not play politics in cricket or any kind of game," he told Press Trust of India news agency, suggesting that Ganguly was a victim of the Board of Control for Cricket In India's (BCCI) politics.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, chief minister of Ganguly's home state of West Bengal, described the decision as unjust as well as insulting to the player and "to all of us".
However, Indian cricket chief
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Sharad Pawar said he was against raising the issuein parliament.
"If people start using the parliament to say who should be in the team, it would cause irreparable damage to cricket and cricketers," he said, adding he would not ask the selectors to review their decision.
"His exclusion was shocking, but I have no role in it. My responsibility being the cricket board president is not to interfere in the selection process and I will never have any role in the selection process," said Pawar, who is also agriculture minister in the federal government.
Ganguly has scored 5,150 runs in 86 Tests and 10,123 in 279 one-day internationals.
The left-hander is only the fourth batsman to complete 10,000 runs in one-day cricket after compatriot Sachin Tendulkar, Pakistan's Inzamamul Haq and Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya.
The third and final Test against Sri Lanka begins at Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Meanwhile, CricInfo adds, Jagmohan Dalmiya, the former president of BCCI, has questioned the axing of Ganguly and has urged Pawar to reinstate him in the national side.
In a letter to Pawar, Dalmiya cited earlier cases of players being recalled and wished that Ganguly got back into the side for the Ahmedabad Test against Sri Lanka.
"Since you have realised that Sourav should not have been dropped from the team after performing well in the Delhi Test, I would earnestly appeal for your kind intervention in the matter and to advise the secretary to reinstate Sourav in the squad for the Ahmedabad Test," wrote Dalmiya.
"It was known fact that justice was not meted out to Ganguly. The position of the BCCI president cannot be devoid of reasonableness and hence, this appeal for 'justice delayed' rather than'justice denied'."
Dalmiya also said that the BCCI president was usually informed about the team beforeits announcement.