 |  I've more than 15,000 runs in international cricket and I will keep on playing |
Sourav Ganguly has quashed speculation that he might retire from cricket to enter politics by vowing to win back his place in the Indian national side. Former captain Ganguly, 33, was dropped for the current Test series against England after failing to impress during the January tour of Pakistan.
He said: "I'm trying to make a comeback just like some others who got dropped after the Pakistan tour.
"You get dropped, it happens, and then you get taken in again."
India, meanwhile, have set up an 11-member committee to look at the way the national team is chosen.
Currently, a five-man panel drawn from different regional boards is responsible for picking the team but there have been claims that the individual members support players from their own areas.
The new committee includes former national captains Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly and current skipper Rahul Dravid.
They are due to report back to the BCCI within a month.
| The Indian captaincy will just get harder and harder the more you do it |
Ganguly will hope they consider his performances in domestic cricket next season, though he will have to wait until the new season starts late in the year.
He insisted: "I don't think these are hard times for me. I've more than 15,000 runs in international cricket and I will keep on playing."
In a separate interview for Test Match Special, Ganguly said his successor Dravid did not have an easy task.
He said: "The Indian captaincy will just get harder and harder the more you do it.
"The pressure is going to keep on increasing. I'm sure Rahul is feeling it. The longer you do it the harder it gets."
"I think it's important he is left to do the job the way he wants."
MMIX
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