Sourav Ganguly (A): A Case Study in Leadership
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Case Code : LDEN048
Case Length : 23 Pages
Period : 2000-2006
Pub Date : 2007
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Not Applicable
Industry : Sports and Entertainment Countries : India
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A Charismatic and Controversial Leader Contd...
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Under Ganguly's leadership, various cultural changes were brought about in the
Indian team. Ganguly who was considered a very aggressive player soon instilled
aggression in the team and the team started performing well.
The legendary
former Australian captain Steve Waugh (Waugh) said, "I saw in Sourav a committed
individual who wanted to inject some toughness and combativeness into a side
that had often tended in the past to roll over and expose a soft underbelly."11
The team members, especially the young crop of players that Ganguly had
helped groom, were very loyal to the captain.
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The fact that Ganguly was
considered the first Indian captain who was free from the ills of parochialism,
and his courage to stand up to the powers-that-be in the interests of team
members, endeared him to the team.
Under Ganguly, the team started winning away from home, something at which it
had never been very good. The crowning glory of Ganguly's career came in the
2003 World Cup when India played in the finals after 20 years. India was
being viewed as the team that could challenge Australia as the leading team
in world cricket. Ganguly was considered as the best Indian captain ever due
to the good run the Indian team had under his leadership.
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However, his personal batting performance suffered during the mid-2000s.
With the team too not doing too well from late 2004, calls for dropping
Ganguly from the team started gaining ground in certain quarters. However,
despite his personal batting form, his supporters in the team did not see
any reason for a change in leadership. The fact that the BCCI bigwig
Jagmohan Dalmiya12 (Dalmiya) was a staunch supporter of Ganguly also helped
him remain captain. However, by early 2005, Wright had announced his
decision not to renew his contract and Ganguly lobbied to get Greg Chappell
(Chappell), the famous former Australian cricketer, appointed as the coach.
However, Chappell's entry into Indian cricket spelled doom for Ganguly's
international cricketing career... |
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