New Delhi: Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly is still hopeful of making a comeback into Team India.
The national selectors who announced the team on Sunday did not name Ganguly in the squad for Malaysia tri-series and the Champions Trophy.
In order to find a place in the playing XI Ganguly has said that he would focus on his performance in domestic cricket.
He said that he was not surprised when he was not selected for the upcoming ODI tournaments, as the selectors could not have made changes into the One-Day side, which toured Sri Lanka as no matches were played there.
"Actually everybody expected it yesterday because they had picked the squad for Sri Lanka but not a single ball was bowled in the tournament. So obviously it would have been difficult to replace players and quite naturally they stuck with the same 15," Ganguly told a news channel.
"So, the question of dejection does not arise. The 15 which have been picked yesterday had to be picked because the boys did not get the opportunity in Colombo," he added.
Asked if his average of the last few days could have been a factor for his exclusion, he said, "These are things of the past. Selectors have a certain idea, that's the way they are proceeding and we will have to wait and see what happens."
He said that he was still hopeful of making a comeback before the World Cup next year in the West Indies.
"The World Cup is a long way off. There is some cricket before that. The team has been selected for Champions Trophy and the tour of Malaysia. I am looking forward to the domestic season -- play Duleep Trophy, Ranji Trophy and (in) whatever opportunities I get. I will try and score some runs and see what happens."
However, his comeback will not be very easy, as the team management has made it very clear that they are looking at the future and most likely will give chances to youngsters if the need arises.
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