Sourav Ganguly All Set to Pen Down Challenges of Cricket, Life in New Book

The pen is mightier than the sword. But mightier than the willow? That's what Sourav Ganguly will now put to test. One of the world's greatest cricketers ever is now writing his first book. About the challenges he faced and how he kept overcoming them again and again.  

No, the book is not called The Comeback King. "That could be a chapter in my autobiography," Ganguly laughed when asked why not. And he is not writing one yet. His publishers, Juggernaut, headed by Ms Chiki Sarkar, told him he was too young to write one yet.

"And you should not write an autobiography till you can be absolutely honest," Ms Sarkar said.

So A Century is Not Enough - yes that's what Ganguly's book is to be called - will be about challenges he faced, challenges not just in cricket but in all that went into scoring those centuries, challenges which Ganguly says will resonate with you and me.

"Your boss doesn't like your face, " he says, "That's happened to mean could happen to you and may be you are not getting ahead in your profession as quickly as you think you deserve."

Also, insights into tackling situations like, last night, ahead of the choosing a coach for India, when he just couldn't sleep, got tired of staring at the ceiling, logged into YouTube, watched himself scoring his first century and dropped off.

At a press conference to announce the book which will hit the shelves only next year, Ganguly said well-known cricket journalist Gautam Bhattacharya would work with him on the book.  

You have to wait till 2017 for the book.  A Century is Not Enough. When he announced it, for the life of me I couldn't remember why it sounded, well, familiar. Then, after he had finished the press meet, after he had left the building, it clicked.

James Bond's The World is Not Enough. So my new sobriquet for Dada: The James Bond of Cricket. Wonder if his book will win a Booker.

Ganguly also spoke about his current role in appointing the new coach of the Indian team. " I once had an opportunity to pick a coach in 2005 and I messed it up. To be honest,  I have been thinking of coaching India a couple of years back, today I am selecting one. That is how life is, nothing is guaranteed."
 
 
When asked about the book, he said, "A century is not enough goes with the life of a lot of people because many are not blessed like Sachin Tendulkar. You don't always get that extra advantage because you are so good. Every other player in the world has gone through this. One has to learn how to deal with life."