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Saurav Ganguly- “Dada” of Indian Cricket, Turns 50

| Updated: July 8, 2022 13:50

Indian cricket has tow phases, Pre Ganguli and Post Ganguly. It was Saurav Ganguly, who turns 50 today brought in the visible aggression in the game with his captaincy. Saurav Ganguly Sourav Ganguly played for India from 1992 to 2008, scoring a century on Test debut at Lord’s. An ace captain who was instrumental in shaping careers of the players like Sehvag and Yuvraj Singh is the President of the richest cricket body in the world – BCCI.

Known as Maharaj and Dada to his millions of fans, Ganguly had been a legendary captain of Indian cricket team in his own right. Who can forget the iconic photo of him removing shirt in excitement, standing in balcony at Lord’s?

Ganguly made his debut in January 1992 against the West Indies in Brisbane. but Ganguly’s hour of glory was his magnifiscent centryry in 1996 versus England at Lord’s. He was on the rol, therafter.

saurav led india to an incredible 2-1 victory in the home Test series against Steve Waugh’s believed to be invincible Australia in 2001. He captained India to the final of the 2003 World Cup, which India eventually lost.

Ganguly was a comeback man. He was dropped from the Indian team but came back even stronger.

In 113 Tests and 311 ODIs, Saurav Ganguly made 7212 and 11363 runs with the help of 38 centuries and 107 half-centuries. He picked up 132 wickets for India at the highest level, including one four-wicket haul and two five-wicket hauls. Ganguly played in the IPL for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

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