Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly [Images] called on Sharad Pawar [Images], president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday evening, and placed his side of the story before the latter.

Ganguly flew in to New Delhi after he came to know that the BCCI president was willing to hear his case.

Ganguly, who drove to Pawar's residence at 9 pm, was closeted with the latter for more than 45 minutes.

The former captain looked assured when he emerged from the meeting.

According to sources in the BCCI, Pawar is understood to have told Ganguly that his rightful claims would not be ignored.

Pawar wanted to listen to Ganguly before parliament took up the issue of the former captain's sacking so that he could give a reasoned reply in the Lok Sabha.

Rajiv Shukla, media advisor to the BCCI, told media persons that the meeting had taken place at the instance of Ganguly.

"He called up Sharad Pawar on phone on Monday and expressed his desire to meet him. The BCCI president agreed to meet him," Shukla said.

When asked about what transpired at the meeting, Shukla plainly said both Pawar and Ganguly discussed ways and means that would strengthen the Indian cricket team.

Those keeping a close watch on the developments feel that Pawar must have given an assurance to Ganguly that he would be in the Indian team for the Pakistan tour next month.

But he must have extracted an assurance from the former Indian captain that he would give no reason for complaint to the team management about his behaviour both on and off the field.