On May 19, Wednesday, the 2021 edition of the Asia Cup was cancelled in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The tournament was scheduled to be hosted in June 2021 in Sri Lanka, however, the authorities took the hard call of cancelling the tournament after the Island nation reported an alarming number of positive coronavirus cases daily.

The current edition of the tournament was supposed to be played in T20 format, unlike the regular 50-overs, to ensure for all the participating teams a chance to prepare for the ICC T20 World Cup. India is scheduled to host the 2021 edition of the T20 World Cup in October this year.

The Sourav Ganguly– Greg Chappell saga is one of the darkest episodes in Indian cricket. Chappell was Team India’s head coach between 2005 and 2007, and his tenure was marred with controversies. While the former Australian captain had fallouts with many Indian players, his dispute with the then national captain Ganguly bagged the most limelight. The bad blood between the two even resulted in Sourav losing his captaincy and getting dropped from the side.

While it has been a decade since the controversial episode happened, Chappell has reignited the chapter by making some massive allegations against Ganguly. Calling his tenure as Team India coach challenging, the former Australian batsman claimed that Ganguly didn’t work hard and wasn’t keen to improve his game. Chappell even stated that the southpaw just wanted to remain captain to control things.

Former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid will most probably be the coach for the team on their tour to Sri Lanka as regular coach Ravi Shastri will be away with the squad for the ICC World Test Championship final and the following five-match Test series against England. This is only the second incidence of India playing two series simultaneously.

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