South African legend AB de Villiers has revealed that he was a former disaster about the appointment of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who used to appoint as the head coach of Pretoria Capital in the SA20 League.
Former players who have taken coaching and mentorship roles in the franchise in various global T20 leagues have been a regular scene in modern cricket. Many former players such as Ricky Ponting, Kevin Pietersen, Gautam Gambhir and Brendon McCullum have been seen in such roles.
Sourav Ganguly is one of the most famous players playing the game, as he was certainly called the craftsman as the craftsman behind India’s strong playing XI during his captaincy days. He has also adapted to a new coaching role, but it is not in India.
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Sourav Ganguly indicates as head coach for Pretoria Capital
Recently, South African SA20-based franchise’s Pretoria Capital declared Sourav Ganguly as its head coach for the upcoming session in the competition. However, mythological South African batsman AB de Villiers has claimed that it is known for a long time.
For the first time in his career, the former BCCI president will be seen as a head coach. He has previously held the post of director of cricket in IPL for Delhi Capital. Therefore, this is the first time he has played such a role.
Ganguly has the task of reviving the fate of Pretoria Capital in the SA20 League, as he did not have the best in the first three sessions. He started his tenure with a big bid for Developed Brevis, the Protia Star currently set the T20 stage on fire.
AB de Villiers has claimed that Ganguly’s appointment is already known
While speaking on his YouTube channel, AB de Villiers mentioned that he knew about Ganguly’s appointment that the world knew that three weeks ago as head coach.
“He would be joining the army with Pretoria Capital, which is my domestic team. By the way, just among us, I knew about it three weeks ago, so it is not news for me because I had talked to the grandfather about some personal items, which I am not going to share here,” AB de Villiers said on his YT channel.
He said, “But I already knew that Pretoria Capital would be trained by him. It is fantastic for us, but unfortunately, no Indian player in the final auction, who is very disappointing for me,” he said.
Abd’s humble petition for convenience in SA20 for Indian players
The South African Great led Proteus in the semi -finals of the 2015 ICC World Cup, before his campaign met from a tragic end. He has been a very loving person in many international platforms and has urged Indian players not to contracted with BCCI to consider taking some cricket in the SA20.
Even Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently retired from IPL, applied for ILT20 instead of SA20.
“I really hope that we can start breaking those chains and are not participating in the hut of Indian players.
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