From gracefully adjusting to a life as a commoner, Sourav Ganguly finds himself in a leadership role again with a golden helmet on his head, writes Sandeep Dwivedi in the Indian Express.
The one big difference between the sides Ganguly has led in the past and Knight Riders is Akhtar. During his days as India captain, Ganguly had one big regret - the absence of an express quick in his line-up. "I think I'm destined only to face real fast bowlers. I never get a real quick in my side," he had said.
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Akhtar provides him with the fire-power that he so desperately wanted. At Kolkata the other day, as Akhtar was running through the Delhi top-order, Ganguly jumped around like a child who had finally got what he had always dreamed of And the big smile on Akhtar's face on Tuesday had not faded at Wankhede today, providing an interesting off-shoot to the story: If Ganguly has never got a pacer like Akhtar in his line-up, some experts say the Rawalpindi Express has never quite got a skipper who backed him to the hilt.
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