Dada fans still hope of his return

already entered its halfway stage.

Fibbed into believing that their hero may still make it to the IPL,thanks to the endless speculations in the media,a

group called “No Dada,No KKR” has been actively campaigning

for Ganguly’s return to the Knight Riders squad.

The former India skipper went unsold in the January auction,but those associated with this group are yet to come to terms with the fact that their hero is no more a part of

the KKR squad.

Ever since Ganguly’s ouster from the KKR team,the group

has been asking people to boycott Eden Gardens during the IPL.

“We have distributed 1,00,000 leaflets along with the

weekend newspapers on 26th and 27th March. We saw an

unprecedented low turnout for the first match. For the

following matches we launched sms campaign wherein we sent

more than 6,00,000 sms-es to people in Kolkata. We have shown our dislike for IPL by staying away.

“It’s time we went in and showed the same. On 30th April,

30-40 dada fans would be going to Eden wearing the cric tees

t-shirts,with dada banners,posters and pics. We hope to

catch the attention of the entire media and make our message

reach to a larger audience. We also expect to get support from those inside the ground,” said an active member of the group.

In fact in Hyderabad,some of the group members bought

tickets originally priced at Rs 1,500,for Rs 2,500,just to

convey their grievances.

Arun Raghvan,who runs the largest fan page on Ganguly on

Facebook said,”Judging by the interactions that I have with

over one lakh Ganguly fans on facebook,I can surely say that

they are very disappointed with dada’s exclusion and don’t

follow the IPL keenly anymore.

“They (Ganguly’s fans on the net) are even more upset as

every now and then news comes in that Sourav may be back in this IPL but soon the rumours are rubbished. In fact,some of them have even begun a year-long wait for the next IPL though they aren’t sure if he is willing to participate in the

tournament’s next season.”