Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who went unsold in the players’ auction, has been signed up by debutants Pune Warriors for the remainder of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) fourth season, a team official said on Tuesday. Ganguly, 38, played for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the first three editions of the IPL and has been roped in by the Pune outfit as a replacement for injured paceman Ashish Nehra, who was ruled out with a finger injury.
“We signed him up yesterday night. We were in touch with Sourav but we were waiting for Nehra’s report which arrived yesterday,” Pune team director Abhijit Sarkar told Reuters on Tuesday. “He will join us as soon as possible and start practicing with the team. The team management will decide when he will take the field for us.”
The Yuvraj Singh-led Pune Warriors, languishing at the bottom of the table after six losses on the trot, will play table toppers Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. Lefthander Ganguly, who is one of India’s most prolific batsmen and retired from international cricket in 2008, was listed with a base price of $400,000 in the players’ auction.
