Centuries, centuries, centuries; like a hawk tailing its prey, deposed India captain Sourav Ganguly now has only one thing in sight -- hitting up as many hundreds as he can in the upcoming domestic matches.
Many believe even that might not be enough for him to regain his place in Team India, but Ganguly isn't giving up just yet.
When the selectors overlooked him for the inaugural two ODIs versus Sri Lanka, the first thing Ganguly did was bringing out his kitbag and practicing at the nets. Since then, he has sweated it out everyday at the gym, at the nets -- spending almost three hours every session.
His coaches and practice mates said he has never looked in better shape and he's never timed the ball more sweetly. The sparkling 117 in Rajkot against North Zone in Duleep Trophy was, perhaps, testimony to that.
So, on Friday when he was once again left out for the third, fourth and fifth ODIs against Sri Lanka, it would have been natural for him to get distressed and maybe lose hope.
Instead, the omission has steeled him. He will now spend more hours at the nets.
Even though he hasn't given an official reaction,