Dhaka, May 11 (bdnews24.com)?Sourav Ganguly will no more captain the struggling Pune Warriors India in Indian Premier League and will be involved with the team only in the capacity of mentor, reports The Press Trust of India. The franchise owner Subrata Roy Sahara said that the former Indian captain offered to serve the team as mentor only.
"Sourav will be the mentor next season. We rather pushed him to play in IPL 5 as he is such a fantastic captain," Roy was quoted as saying.
The announcement has brought an end to the speculations over the struggling batsman's fate following a string of poor results. Pune have lost nine of their 13 matches in the league so far.
Some of the decisions made by Ganguly that have come under scanner include Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal not getting a single game despite being the top-scorer in Asia Cup.
The Warriors are already out of the race for the play-offs berth and Roy said Ganguly would like to sit out the team's last three matches for the youngsters' sake, the report added.
"Sourav wants to give youngsters a chance in the last games," the report quoted Roy.
"I did not want to be the captain but was asked to do so. Now I want to give chance to youngsters," Ganguly told the PTI.
Ganguly was appointed skipper after Yuvraj Singh, currently recuperating from a rare germ cell cancer, was ruled out.
There is a possibility that either Australia skipper Michael Clarke or find-of-the-season Steve Smith would lead the side.
Former South African pacer Allan Donald is the team's bowling mentor. Praveen Amre coaches the batsmen while Pady Upton is the mental and high performance coach of the team.
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