Ganguly strongly believes that his successor Dravid had no role in then-coach Chappell's decision to evict the left-handed batsman out of the Indian cricket team.
Appointed coach of the Indian cricket team in May 2005, Chappell's tenure was riddled with controversies, starting with the dropping of Ganguly during a tour of Zimbabwe later that year.
Ganguly said the facilities have changed for the better now and that the athletes are being better looked after.
The India captain is least bothered about pandering to public perceptions since he doesn't want to act like a "robot" in intense match situations.
Sourav Ganguly took his shirt off at Lords after winning the NatWest series and believes that Kohli and Co will follow suit if they win the 2019 World Cup.
The former Team India skipper feels that Steve Smith 'did not cheat' and believes that the Australian batsman will comeback stronger after serving his ban.
Smith has been banned for one Test by the International Cricket Council for his role in a plot that saw team-mate Bancroft tampering the ball by using yellow sticky tape.
The 37-year old off-spinner owes a lot of credit to the former India captain Sourav Ganguly under whom he achieved many laurels while representing Indian team.
After being Ignored for the upcoming IPL, Cheteshwar Pujara will use the free period to hone his skills at Yorkshire for a second county stint.
In the recently announced contracts, the match day fees of domestic cricketers have been hiked from Rs 10,000 per day to Rs 35,000.
Rahane, who was dropped for the first two Tests in South Africa, made a significant contribution to the team's win in Johannesburg.
Kohli has received both accolades and brickbats for his aggressive style of captaincy.
Ganguly reminisces the time when he knew Dhoni as a ticket collector and now it is the TC from Ranchi who is the only captain to lead India to win all three ICC trophies.
Ganguly got in touch with Chappell as he thought he "would be the best person" to help him in his mission.
Sourav Ganguly also said that the young players need to be given a long rope in order to turn them into future stars.
