{"id":31621,"date":"2017-01-06T16:31:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T16:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31621"},"modified":"2017-01-06T16:31:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T16:31:34","slug":"ganguly-backs-yuvraj-s-inclusion-for-england-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31621","title":{"rendered":"Ganguly backs Yuvraj&#8217;s inclusion for England series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31620\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/saurav-ganguly-oo.jpg\" alt=\"saurav ganguly oo\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" \/>Kolkata: Former India captain <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/42-sourav-ganguly\"><strong>Sourav Ganguly<\/strong><\/a> on Friday backed <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/81-yuvraj-singh\"><strong>Yuvraj Singh<\/strong><\/a> to get some runs in the limited overs cricket series against England after the dashing left-hander was included in the team to be led by new skipper <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/4-virat-kohli\"><strong>Virat Kohli.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old Yuvraj was on Friday included in the squad for the three One-Day Internationals (ODI) and as many T20s to be played against England, starting January 15.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a great thing he (Yuvraj) has been included in both the formats. I&#8217;m confident he will get some runs and succeed,&#8221; Ganguly said.<\/p>\n<p>On Kohli&#8217;s elevation as skipper, Ganguly, who is also the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) chief, said: &#8220;He is the right successor (to Mahendra Singh Dhoni) in One-day Internationals and T20Is. He will be equally fantastic, there&#8217;s no doubt about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Kohli was officially named captain on Friday after Dhoni stepped down as the captain of the limited overs team after more than nine years at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>The Ranchi cricketer was, however, included in the team as a wicketkeeper-batsman.<\/p>\n<p>Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\"cricket-news\/43130-yuvraj-back-in-kohli-led-odi-t20-squads-against-england\"><strong>Yuvraj back in Virat Kohli-led ODI, T20 squads against England; Dhoni included in both teams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31620\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/saurav-ganguly-oo.jpg\" alt=\"saurav ganguly oo\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" \/>Kolkata: Former India captain <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/42-sourav-ganguly\"><strong>Sourav Ganguly<\/strong><\/a> on Friday backed <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/81-yuvraj-singh\"><strong>Yuvraj Singh<\/strong><\/a> to get some runs in the limited overs cricket series against England after the dashing left-hander was included in the team to be led by new skipper <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/4-virat-kohli\"><strong>Virat Kohli.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[4744,466,544,542,520],"class_list":["post-31621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-cricket-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-sourav-ganguly","tag-virat-kohli","tag-yuvraj-singh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ganguly backs Yuvraj&#039;s inclusion for England series - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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