Sourav Ganguly fans blast BCCI's Dream Team after Yuvraj Singh trumps Dada as 12th man

New Delhi: To mark India's historic 500th Test, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) requested fans to send in their greatest Test XI.

With 285 players having earned India's Test cap since 1932, the job for picking a Dream Team wasn't easy.

Not just fans but the likes of Kapil Dev, Zaheer Khan, Ravi Shastri and Sanjay Manjrekar too selected their preferred teams during the telecast of the 1st Test.

The Indian board put out the final results on the 5th Day of the Kanpur Test. It is safe to suggest that the cricket-mad Indian public participated enthusiastically in this unique exercise.

The Dream Team drafted by BCCI, on the basis of votes, had one major surprise. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly didn't even make it as the 12th man of the side.

Left-hander Yuvraj Singh, who was never a permanent member of India's Test side, polled 62% of the votes and was named as the 12th man.

Here are the results of India's #DreamTeam as per fan votes #500thTest pic.twitter.com/RgnrBhwLBw — BCCI (@BCCI) September 26, 2016

Yuvi played 40 Tests for India, scoring 1900 at an average of 33.92. The 34-year-old has 3 tons and 11 fifties to his name.

On the other hand, Ganguly donned the Indian whites on 113 occasions scoring 7212 runs at an average of 42.17. The stylish left-hander hit 16 centuries and 25 tons.

Hence the selection of Yuvraj over Ganguly infuriated the latter's fans. Taking to social micro-blogging site Twitter, they lambasted the Indian cricket board.

@IExpressSports @IndianExpress I think @SGanguly99 deserve in the place of @YUVSTRONG12 — Mamun Rath (@iamankit2014) September 26, 2016

@BCCI @virendersehwag @msdhoni @anilkumble1074 @YUVSTRONG12 @SGanguly99 without Dada, there is no #DreamTeam, he is a real captain of Ind — ಸ್ನೇಹಜೀವಿ ಆನಂದಕುಮಾರ (@ananda271703) September 26, 2016

What d hell is this where's is #Dada d man who built n tau8 d team how 2 win in abroad jst put @SGanguly99 in place f Dhoni in #DreamTeam https://t.co/366tARZncX — Praveen Tiwari (@Proficient96) September 26, 2016

What's worse is that there's no Sourav Ganguly on that list, WHAT ! https://t.co/jvppb5nfg7 — Ankul Shilotri (@ShilotriAnkul) September 26, 2016

No Sourav Ganguly
Virat
DilipVangeskar
Gautam Gambhir
Harbhajan ?
But Yuvraj Singh is there as 12th Man
Pathetic Selection https://t.co/HVechsPDdv — Virat (The Saviour)(@Adityasingh2378) September 26, 2016

@BCCI @virendersehwag I strictly condemn the #DreamTeam as without @SGanguly99 this theam can't get fulfill — Upendra Brahmachari (@unbrahmachari) September 26, 2016

@BCCI No sourav ganguly ? but there is yuvraj singh as 12 th man — Karthik (@karthikbs5) September 26, 2016

@bcci Where is Sourav Ganguly? — Dipta Messi Roshan (@beingdipta) September 26, 2016

Not just Ganguly, but players like Harbhajan Singh, Dilip Vengsarkar and even Virat Kohli deserved to get the nod ahead of Yuvraj is what the majority felt.

Kohli and company however, made sure there was no such controversy on the pitch, as the home side wrapped up the 1st Test with a 197-run win.