'Mystery Bowler' Sayan Ghosh reveals importance of Sourav Ganguly in KKR selection

From those players who were auctioned a couple of days back, there is one commodity in the form of Sayan Ghosh who has seemingly had somewhat of a homecoming when it comes to being picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price in the IPL auction. In fact, Sourav Ganguly, the former India skipper had indeed stated that he was looking to develop local players such as Ghosh by giving them an opportunity in the IPL.

Ghosh is one of the 24-year old pacers who is touted to become a star in the near future, especially with a sling-shot of an action, something that makes him quite a difficult yet interesting proposition.

Sourav Ganguly explained, “Our goal is to make Bengal like a Mumbai or a Maharashtra and create a centre of solid excellence. This will be the bed rock for greater things in Bengal. I’m not saying the results will be immediate, but by 2017/18, we should have several players from the initial setup in the IPL and other domestic limited overs tournaments.”

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In fact, the youngster also had something to say after being picked by the side. He also spoke about the injury he suffered and also his performance despite not getting the call-up in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Speaking exclusively to Sportskeeda, he said, “I thought that was it, for the past one year I’ve been facing a broken foot injury, been in and out. However, over the past three months, I played through the pain, attempting to get a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy call-up. I didn’t expect to get in, but yes you know final hope.”

Sayan said, “I was a local club cricketer in 2014, I used to play second division for a local club here in Chakdaha. I was around 19, and made a come back to cricket as my parents had me quit for my class 10 and 12 boards. I went to the Vision 2020 trials, and in the first week itself Lakhi da (Lakshmi Ratan Shukla) came and told me that you have been selected.

Sayan Ghosh also went on to add that he had indeed performed well in front of the scouts as well. “I knew with the tournament so close to the IPL, this would be a testing ground. It didn’t matter whether I was injured or not, with so many scouts there I had to perform. It was a fabulous tournament, I used all the tricks up my sleeves nad got some good dismissals. I only hope to continue this form.”