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Thu, 9th Oct 2008  New Delhi: He stunned the media and the cricket fraternity with his sudden announcement to retire from international cricket.
Now Sourav Ganguly has finally broken his silence on the move and says he was hurt at not being included in the squad for the Irani Cup after he did well for two years.
"I didn’t like the way I was dropped from Irani Trophy and that is when I decided to quit. It took me around 2 weeks to come to this decision,” he said.
"To be honest I had two outstanding years before the Sri Lanka series. So, after being left out, I thought this was the time to go," he added.
Ganguly also said his family has been supportive of his decision.
"I didn't want to create a big fuss over this. I know my family will be disappointed but I had to do this sooner or later," he said.
Chairman of selectors Krisnamachari Srikkanth on Tuesday revealed Sourav Ganguly was fed up with the uncertainty over his place in the side and decided to end his international career with his head held high.
"Probably he felt every now and then the axe was on him. He felt he wanted to play without such things on his mind," Srikkanth was quoted by agencies.  | 
