Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday picked Kolkata Knight Riders as the "hot favourites" to win the ongoing Indian Premier League.

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday made light of the controversies surrounding the fifth edition of IPL and also supported underfire BCCI, saying the sports body has run cricket in the "best possible way".

Despite a miserable stint in IPL V where his team Pune Warriors finished with the wooden spoon, Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday did not rule himself out of the next edition and said he would not even be 40 in season six.

A disappointed Pune Warriors captain Sourav Ganguly feels that any "post-mortem" about his team's disastrous performance in the fifth edition of Indian Premier League need not be done right now.

Despite not managing to set what many would have regarded a challenging score, Kolkata Knight Riders completed their league campaign with a resounding 34-run win against Pune Warriors, a team which has to now stay content with just 4 wins this season.

A visibly annoyed Shah Rukh Khan on Tuesday sought to put an end to his comparison with KKR's former captain Sourav Ganguly and asked the fans to "grow up" and stop correlating the two.

Sourav Ganguly and Co might have lost the 'prestige fight' against Kolkata Knight Riders, but in the internet popularity war, based on a survey by search engine giant Google, the Pune Warriors India are stand out winners.

Ashish Nehra on Sunday said the controversy surrounding Sourav Ganguly's place in the Pune Warriors' team had no effect on the performance of the players and added that the skipper was "rested" in the team's previous match against RCB.

Rajasthan Royals needed a win to stay in contention for the play-offs and two half-centuries, coupled with an Ajit Chandila hat-trick powered the hosts here to a dominating 45 run win against a devastated Pune Warriors on Sunday. This was Pune's eight consecutive defeat.

Cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar should not be honoured with the Bharat Ratna as the demand to give the award to filmstars and cricket players spoke of 'the low cultural level', Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju said on Monday.