Zeenews Bureau
Melbourne, Jan 23: India batting stalwart and mainstay in the past one year, Sourav Ganguly, is unfazed by his ouster from the ODI squad even though it has cased widespread discontent among the followers of the game back home. The valiant southpaw is simply putting his prime focus on the upcoming Test at Adelaide.
"I haven`t given things a thought beyond this Test. It`s an important match and I`ve got to stay focused. I`ll think of the future once it gets over," Ganguly was quoted as saying by a newspaper today.
The former skipper has been in superb form since his comeback and continued his good run in the ongoing Test series but his fielding skills or rather lack of it cost him the ODI berth.
Rival skipper Ricky Ponting was also surprised not to see the Bengal left-hander in the one-day squad.
"I am surprised and shocked that he is not in the side because right through this test series, he has certainly looked good with the bat," he told a news channel.
Selectors had also wielded their axe on former captain Rahul Dravid and stylish right-hander VVS Laxman to pave the way for youngsters to come in for the one-day tri series, also involving Sri Lanka, beginning February 3 after a one-off Twenty20 tie.
Ponting felt one-day cricket was gradually becoming a youngster`s game.
"That`s the way, one-day cricket is becoming a younger person`s game and fielding has become such an important aspect.”
"They (Indians) are looking at a more youthful sort of approach," he said.
