Bangar has infused flexibility into Indian team: Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly has lavished praise on Sanjay Bangar for his all-round performance against the West indies in the Jodhpur one-dayer and said the Railway player's showing has brought more flexibily into the Indian team.

Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly has lavished praise on Sanjay Bangar for his all-round performance against the West indies in the Jodhpur one-dayer and said the Railway player's showing has brought more flexibily into the Indian team ahead of the coming World Cup.

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"The way he is flowering, I think we are going to have a greater number of options in South Africa," Ganguly said here.

The Indian skipper, who opted out of the last two matches of the ongoing limited over series owing to a back problem, termed Bangar a fighter to the core with a never-give-up attitude. "He may not be flamboyant, but he has no dearth of fighting spirit."

Bangar played a destructive unbeaten knock of 57 to fashion an Indian win in the fourth one-dayer in Ahmedabad before scoring an unbeaten 32 at Jodhpur where he also picked up two wickets.

Describing India's series levelling three-wicket win over the visitors at Jodhpur as "very satisfying," Ganguly predicted his side would repeat the performance in the final match at Vijaywada on Sunday to win the series.