Brisbane, Dec 03: Indian captain Sourav Ganguly today brushed aside Shane Warne's comment on his vulnerability to short-pitched bowling, saying he was prepared to face the "chin music" planned by the Australians. Ganguly said it was not unusual for a test player to be tested with short pitched-deliveries but he has been in international cricket long enough to be able to handle such rising balls.
"That's typical of how Australia play their cricket -32 hundreds," Ganguly told reporters on the eve of the first test against Australia.
Warne had yesterday commented on Ganguly's weakness against short-pitched stuff and said the Australians would be looking to relentlessly test him with lifting deliveries.
"When you play cricket you don't expect everything pitched up to you. We, who have played test cricket for a longer period of time have received short deliveries," said Ganguly.
"I do not think about it. Fortunately or unfortunately, they don't leave the newspaper under my door in my hotel, so I don't get to read most of them," he said.
Ganguly termed the present series as a big challenge for his young team but did not forget to add that the Australians would not find it easy either.
Bureau Report