India will bounce back in West Indies: Ganguly

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly does not read much into Indias failure in the second ICC World Twenty20 and says Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Co will erase their bitter memories by bouncing back in the fourmatch ODI series in the West Indies beginning on Friday Former India skipper Sourav GangulyFresh from his commentary assignment in the T20 World Cup in England Ganguly differed with the views of coach Gary Kirsten who had blamed fatigue for the teams pathetic show You must remember that Indians have been doing well for last one and half months You should not look much into their failure in T20 World Cup the lefthander said He further said India would have to deal with the setback of losing Sachin Tendulkar Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan for the series While Tendulkar and Zaheer have been rested Sehwag is nursing a shoulder injury I am hopeful they will recover quickly from the setback Indians are a very experienced side in terms of Oneday Internationals It will be a tough series in the Caribbean but I am confident they will recover and bounce back to form the Bengal ace said Asked whether Indians should worry about containing destructive opener Chris Gayle Ganguly said Not only Gayle Ramnaresh Sarwan Dwayne Bravo everyone is capable of playing good so it will be a tight contest About the recent controversy regarding hiding injury as Dhoni has warned teammates postSehwag episode Ganguly chose to differ and said he had never heard of a player not disclosing his injury I dont think if there is anything like that At this level every player is honest while representing his country I have never heard of anybody hiding injury during my tenure as captain the most successful Indian captain saidDisagreeing on Kirstens view that fatigue was a factor Ganguly said I dont think fatigue is a concern for cricketers these days who are professional to meet the demands of international cricket Also the ICC prepares the Future Tours Programme taking care of the busy schedule Team Indias failure in the recentlyconcluded T20 World Cup was their inability to face shortpitched deliveries but Ganguly said Its not new shortpitched deliveries were always a concern But we are coming up with various ways to cope up with them Asked about the ouster of controversial John Buchanan as Kolkata Knight Riders coach Ganguly said It was a team decision and I know as much as you do I cant comment further On Buchanans replacement Ganguly said There are many names doing rounds but I have no knowledge Ganguly was talking to reporters at his Videocon School of Cricket in Salt Lake at a function to felicitate subjunior cricketers who won the Amber Roy tournament conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal CAB