India skipper Sourav Ganguly is surprised by the International Cricket Council's decision to rate India as the number eight team in its latest one-day rankings and says he sees no logic behind it.
"It's very strange. I don't know how the ICC derived its conclusions. I see no logic behind this," Ganguly said in an interview to All India Radio, Kolkata.
To buttress his point, he referred to India's performance in recent one-dayers, when his team reached the final of the World Cup in March, finished joint winners in the Champions Trophy and won the Natwest Trophy last year.
"Our showing has been indeed good," Ganguly said.
As per the fresh ratings, India, who occupied the fifth spot in the earlier list, tumbled three steps and were placed only above minnows Zimbabwe, Kenya and Bangladesh.
Ganguly's interview will be preserved in the AIR archives for posterity.
Ganguly, who answered a host of questions in the wide-ranging interview to be broadcast soon, asserted that the newly set up Indian Cricket Players' Association is neither a trade union nor intended to challenge the authority of the cricket Board.
"Its only aim is to work for bettering the condition of the players. For the development of cricket, improvement in the players' condition is a must," he told interviewer Raju Mukherjee.
On resumption of Indo-Pak bilateral cricketing ties, Ganguly said it is for the political bosses to decide.
"It is a political issue," he said.
With his voice gracing the AIR archives, Ganguly now finds himself in the league of such legends as Mother Teresa, Satyajit Roy and Uday Shankar.
