India hopes Ganguly's form continues

Ganguly has suddenly emerged as a key batsman. It augurs well for India, worried about the lack of form of Sehwag and Yuvraj.

Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has suddenly emerged as a key batsman as India enter the important stretch in a tournament they have twice come close to winning in the past.

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Ganguly has two successive 90s under his belt and is constructing his innings like he has not for a long time.

It augurs well for a team which is missing Sachin Tendulkar at the top and is worried on the count of two of its young guns, Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh.

Ganguly is biding his time at the start of an innings, giving himself enough time to settle down and then accelerating with some audacious strokes in the end.

If he can pull off one more such innings in the Champions Trophy match on Sunday against arch rivals Pakistan, India will make it to the semi-finals of what is billed as the mini World Cup.