New Delhi: Sourav Ganguly is not retiring from international cricket as a happy man.
In a scathing interview to a Bengali newspaper Aaj Kaal, Ganguly said, "There is no point playing like this. I am not willing to play at their (selectors') mercy. They will pick you now and then dump you. Why should I be the sacrificial goat all the time? It was difficult to accept," Ganguly, who announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday, said."
"I have played enough cricket. Everything is possible in Indian cricket. There are players who haven't scored for last three series for India, even for the last one year," Ganguly said.
The former Indian skipper also added, "There are some who have changed their hairstyle more than they have scored for India. I am bound to feel bad. I had to fight with my heart. If there is a gun to your head all the time, how long can you bear this? After all, I have played 400 matches for India. I have played badly in only one series Yet every Tom, Dick and Harry is playing in the team."
Ganguly said being dropped from the Irani Trophy Rest of India squad by the selection panel led by Dilip Vengsarkar was the last nail in the coffin and he thought he had faced enough humiliation by then.
"I never thought I will be out of the Irani team. I couldn't sleep for one month in anger, agony. Had this committee (new selection committee) come three years ago, things might have been different," said the 36-year-old left hander.
Ganguly, who made his Test debut in 1996 against England at Lord's with a century, announced on Tuesday that the current series against Australia would be his last.
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