Sourav Ganguly's omission from the Irani Trophy, many believe a sign of things to come, has baffled Australia captain Ricky Ponting who believes it would be "interesting" to face an Indian team sans the belligerent left-hander. 
Although the Indian 'Fab Four' of Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman came a cropper in the Test series in Sri Lanka, Ponting did not read too much into it. 
Series to series is a different thing. You can go through one series not doing very well but in the start of the next series, you can start off and make a big score and suddenly you are back on track again. That is what cricket is all about. Things can change so quickly in the game," 
"But one thing I have noticed is that Sourav hasn't been named in the initial squad and that I think is going to be interesting for me during the tour," said the Australian, recovering from a wrist surgery. 

Ganguly has been a thorn in the flesh for Australia since his captaincy days and the left-hander often rubbed them the wrong way with his nonchalance. 
Perhaps absence of Sourav may prove to be a sigh of relief for Ponting since his proverbial comeback in Dec 2006, Sourav was in run in most of the series.