At a time, when every cricket fan in India was talking about Sourav Ganguly&rsquo;s return to the Eden Gardens on Saturday, there was another lad from Bengal, who perhaps felt the same pressure, and failed to cope with it. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/may/Ashok-Dinda.jpg" /> Ashok Dinda bowls against Mumbai Indians on April 6. Pic/Suresh KK While the crowd cheered rapturously for Ashok Dinda; Gautam Gambhir and Brendon McCullum smashed 19 runs of his one over, and 28 of his two. The signs were clear that Dinda might be another case of a player rushing his comeback, just for the sake of IPL. Surprise... The Bengal right-arm pacer, who suffered from side strain during PWI&rsquo;s away game against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 17, made a surprise comeback against Mumbai Indians on May 3, which is just a little over two weeks. And the Kolkata pacer admitted yesterday that he had rushed his comeback. Declaring himself a doubtful starter for PWI&rsquo;s home game against Rajasthan Royals today, Dinda admitted he still hasn&rsquo;t fully recovered from the injury, which takes much more than three weeks to heal, normally. &ldquo;If we were doing well, I wouldn&rsquo;t have come back as early as I did,&rdquo; the Kolkata pacer said. &lsquo;More important&rsquo; Dinda, who is part of the India &lsquo;A&rsquo; team that would tour West Indies next month, was asked if IPL is more important than India A tour. &ldquo;No, India is priority. That&rsquo;s why I said I am a doubtful starter tomorrow. I will play only if I am fit,&rdquo; the right-arm pacer tried covering up. It indeed was a surprise to see Dinda coming back within three weeks, which was quite a contrast to what team management had indicated earlier. &ldquo;He has a important tour coming up. We don&rsquo;t want to rush him, that would be very selfish of us,&rdquo; a very powerful team management member of PWI had told Mid Day two weeks back. Pune still have a chance: Dinda Contrary to PWI skipper Sourav Ganguly&rsquo;s statement on Saturday that the team&rsquo;s chances of making it to knockouts were over, Dinda said if team can win all four of their remaining games, &ldquo;anything can happen.&rdquo; &ldquo;Twenty20 is the kind of format, where you start winning a few games, things change quickly. If we can win our next four games, who knows, we might even become champions of the season,&rdquo; Dinda said. For that to happen, PWI would first need to beat a very confident and solid unit of Rajasthan Royals today, and also need Dinda to play a major role in this game. The way it stands right now, both things look very unlikely to happen. Dravid&rsquo;s wishlist &gt;&gt; Rahane continues to bat well &gt;&gt;u00a0u00a0Early exit of Michael Clarke &gt;&gt;u00a0u00a0Shane Watson comes good &gt;&gt;u00a0u00a0Brad Hogg does well &gt;&gt;u00a0u00a0Shaun Tait maintains his line Ganguly&rsquo;s wishlist &gt;&gt;u00a0u00a0He wins the toss &gt;&gt;u00a0u00a0Jesse Ryder is fit &gt;&gt;u00a0u00a0Early exit of Ajinkya Rahane &gt;&gt;u00a0u00a0Batsmen apply themselves &gt;&gt;u00a0u00a0Solid opening stand

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