India, Nov. 9 -- Batting legend Sourav Ganguly on Saturday stirred the pot over the future of India's women's cricket captaincy as he named a new candidate just days after incumbent leader Harmanpreet Kaur was asked to step aside despite having led the team to a historic ODI World Cup win at home. Ganguly's comment came during the grand felicitation ceremony of Bengal's first-ever World Cup-winning cricketer, Richa Ghosh.

Just a day after India beat South Africa in the final in Navi Mumbai to lift a world title for the first time in history, former captain Shantha Rangaswamy asked the BCCI to replace Harmanpreet with Smriti Mandhana as India's captain. "It's overdue. Because Harman, as a batter and a fielder, is brilliant. Yes. But tacti...