Sourav Ganguly has been always been Unlucky by the end of his carrier. One bad series against Pakistan but an efficient test series & was declared the man of the series against the same opponents in November 2007. But that could not save his ODI carrier. & he was the highest run getter for India in the ODI's that year. Again in July-August 2008 he had a bad series against Srilanka and did not get to play in the Irani trophy but was in the squad against Australia that year which was his last series. It means that he was forced to retire & was given a platform so that he may retire gracefully.