Ganguly, who has averaged 40 or above throughout his 12-year Test career, could have done withoutbeginning his final innings on a pitch with plenty of footmarks against an enthusiastic off-spinner capable of prodigious turn.
Mr Pastrana's public popularity was at its lowest since he came to office last August, and American officials had warned him that he was in danger of losing credibility in Washington too if he extended the period of demilitarisation withoutbeginning formal negotiations.
"I've done quite a lot of these commercial surrogacy cases and I've been extremely anxious at the difficulties people have got themselves into, usually through entering into them withoutbeginning to appreciate the legal implications of doing so, and it just seemed important to say something about that, " he said.