'Retirement, a misunderstanding'

A day after speculation about his retirement from all forms of cricket did the rounds, former India captain Sourav Ganguly today said it was a classic case of misunderstanding and he was "shocked and disappointed" to see how his comments were misinterpreted by the media.

A day after speculation about his retirement from all forms of cricket did the rounds, former India captain Sourav Ganguly today said it was a classic case of misunderstanding and he was "shocked and disappointed" to see how his comments were misinterpreted by the media.

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Reiterating that he has not called it quits from domestic cricket, Ganguly said the media blew his remarks out of proportion. "It was completely misunderstood. It was in a sequence of questions I had said that I would not play domestic cricket if don't play in the IPL. It was said in a different perspective completely," said a peeved Ganguly.

"I had never said in the interview that I was retiring from all forms of cricket and there was no question of backtracking. I don't understand how they (media) came to such a conclusion," he said.

"There was no controversy at all. After learning that something was misunderstood during the interview, I had sent a rejoinder and said if I don't get to play IPL, I will not be participating in any forms of domestic cricket. But if I do get an opportunity to play IPL, I will play domestic cricket to stay fit," added the left-hander, who was snubbed by all the 10 IPL franchises for the fourth edition on the event.