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T20 fun, but Test ultimate yardstick of cricket skills: Sourav Ganguly

Kolkata, Feb 2: Twenty20 cricket is fun, popular and money-spinning, but for former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, the five-day Test format is the ultimate yardstick of a cricketer's skills.The dashing left hander, who retired from

IANS Published : Feb 02, 2013 23:09 IST, Updated : Feb 02, 2013 23:37 IST


"Ultimately you will be remembered for what you do in Test crikeet. T-20 is fun, it brings people to the ground, you can see Shah Rukh Khan dancing on the stands.



"But in Test cricket when you see (fast bowlers) Brett Lee or a (Glenn) Mcgruth who is going past your nose for six hour in a day, it's a different ball game," Ganguly said at the Kolkata Literary Meet after unveiling veteran actress Sharmila Tagore's book on her husband Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.

Ganguly had no doubt in picking the best among the three formats of the game - Tests, One Dayers and T20s.

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