Wright has so many wrong things to say now about Indian cricket

Agencies. New Delhi

Sourav Ganguly may have lost his captaincy and a place in the Indian team after a bitter spat with current coach Greg  Chappell, but it now transpires that even previous coach John Wright favoured his sacking.

Admitting a fall-out with Ganguly towards the end of his stint with the Indian team, the former New Zealand skipper has said there were times when the Bengal batsman might have also wanted a change of coach.

Wright has let out some sensational inside informations regarding his much-speculated relationship with Ganguly and controversial selection decisions in his new book ‘Indian Summers’, released in his home country on Thursday.

“As much as I respect Sourav Ganguly and acknowledge his record as captain and contribution to cricket, I believe there were sound arguments for a change in leadership towards the end of my stint,” Wright says in the book.”

Wright also says that it was Ganguly who masterminded the appointment of Sunil Gavaskar as consultant for India’s home series against Australia in 2004-05 without taking him into confidence.

Wright also says he was frustrated during selection committee meetings which were nothing short of a farce.

“The first six or seven selections were straight forward. But when it got down to the marginal selections, those last three or four spots that determine the balance of the team and your ability to develop new players, the zonal factor kicked in and things would get interesting,” he said.