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Ganguly has never been a complete one day player. Yet at his best he has been a very good one day player. So the aspects regarding the fielding, running between the wickets, his test weakness creeping in his one day batting (the off drives seem horrible when he doesnt hit them, brilliant when he hits them) are all not as important points.

What is of vital importance to India is to have Ganguly back as a quality one day batsman. I think people will agree he is a proven one day batsman. Ganguly, for his own and India’s sake, should concentrate much more on his batting than he ever has.

I think he should leave the captaincy troubles to Dravid for at least 6 months. We can see where it goes from there. Ideally I would like Dravid or some one else to be announced captain till the world cup but it is not going to happen.

In the next 6 months, Ganguly should let his bat do the talking and leave no alternative than for the selectors to bring him back to the one day side. Dravid did it and made his way back to the one day team.

Ganguly obviously has problems with his batting right now. But I think it is not over for Ganguly as a one day player. If he can come even close to the Ganguly - the one day batsman of the past, he would do India good in 2007 as a player.