I do not expect loyalty from Ganguly - Dalmiya
Sourav Ganguly has launched an attack against his long-time mentor Jagmohan Dalmiya, accusing the former cricket board chief of "playing" with his career
PTI
21-Jul-2006
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Denying any involvement in leaking Greg Chappell's controversial email last September, Jagmohan Dalmiya, the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), dismissed Sourav Ganguly's charges against his group saying he did not expect loyalty as he was no more the chief of the Indian board (BCCI).
"I am no longer in the BCCI. I have nothing to give. So, I do not expect loyalty from him," Dalmiya told newspersons shortly after Ganguly's email was made public by CAB dissidents.
Ganguly blamed Dalmiya for leaking Chappell's sensational email but Dalmiya said that Chappell himself had not wanted to send the mail to him. "Yes, I was one of the intended recipients," he continued. "But in the meeting of the high-powered committee held in Mumbai after the controversy erupted, Chappell himself stated that he could not send it to me.
The six-member committee, set-up to investigate that email, comprised Dalmiya, Ranbir Singh Mahendra, the then BCCI chief, SK Nair, the secretary, and three former India captains -- Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and S Venkatraghavan. Asked whether he agreed with Ganguly that the email was leaked to damage his career, Dalmiya said "the e-mail does not concern me.
"You put the question to those quarters who leaked it," he said at a hurriedly convened media meet at the Eden Gardens. "This question can be best answered by the affected and those who made him affected."