Mahendra Singh Dhoni Should Stay Captain, India Can Win World Cup: Sourav Ganguly

Former Indian cricketers Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman

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Former India cricketers Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman spoke on Saturday, at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi.

Here are the highlights:

- The situation we were in, there was nothing in my mind: VVS Laxman (on 281 knock)

- Realistically, we had no chance to win the Eden Test. We never gave up. It was a miracle: VVS Laxman on 281:

- Adelaide Test win was another miracle. Kolkata win inspired the team: VVS Laxman

- My mother-in-law said we will win the Eden Test vs Australia. Never believed her: Sourav Ganguly

- We never realised that we will win the Eden Test vs Australia till the last seven overs: Sourav Ganguly

- The Eden win versus Australia changed Indian cricket. It gave the team a lot of steel: Sourav Ganguly

- My biggest challenge as a captain was to tell either Harbhajan or Kumble that you are not playing: Sourav Ganguly

- Captaincy is not an easy task. You have a lot of answering to do: Sourav Ganguly

- No matter how much I tried, always ended up reading the newspaper: Sourav Ganguly

- The best thing was the boys always thought for good of Indian cricket: Sourav Ganguly

- A good leader identifies match-winners and that's what Sourav Ganguly did: VVS Laxman

- Sourav is emotional and Dhoni is not. That's the only difference between them: VVS Laxman

- India must put runs on the board to win Test matches. That's an area of concern: Sourav Ganguly

- First Test in Brisbane will be important for India. The team is capable of winning: Sourav Ganguly

- India haven't prepared well enough for the Test series in Australia: Sourav Ganguly

- Dhoni should stay captain till World Cup. He has his problems as Test skipper: Ganguly

- Lord's win vs England should inspire India in Australia. Team must be consistent. Exciting times ahead: VVS Laxman

- 264 in a ODI game was unreal. Rohit Sharma's innings speaks about the quality in the Indian team: Ganguly

- Even in Australian conditions, India will be tough to beat in ODIs: Sourav Ganguly

- Got a young, clean team when I became captain. So never had issues like match-fixing: Sourav Ganguly

- Should always go out on a high. You will always miss the feel of a bat hitting the ball: Ganguly

- India will win the World Cup final. The core of the Test, ODI teams is same and they will be well prepared: VVS Laxman

- Hardest thing for Virender Sehwag was to defend: Sourav Ganguly

- Dealt differently with Yuvraj. Had to get back him back to the hotel early every night: Sourav Ganguly

- Laxman did puja every morning, I didn't. When you are young, one does a lot of things that you later regret: Ganguly

- Fast bowling has a lot to do with attitude. It is also about role models. Pakistan have the better ones: Ganguly

- If you ask a young boy what you want to do, he will say I want to bat like Tendulkar. Who wants to bowl fast?: Ganguly