Sourav Ganguly is known as the captain of the Indian cricket team who taught to fight on foreign land. Today, on July 08, Sourav Ganguly is celebrating his 53rd birthday. Sourav Ganguly abolished the tagline of ‘Ghar Ki Lion’ associated with Indian cricket. If it is said clearly and simply, then Sourav Ganguly did the work of turning the body of Indian cricket. Sourav Ganguly is also affectionately called Dada. So let’s know about some interesting things related to Sourav Ganguly’s life on the occasion of his birthday …
A century was scored in debut test match
In 1996, Sourav Ganguly made a Test debut against England. He proved his ability by scoring a century in his debut match. He scored 131 runs in that match. Ganguly soon became an important part of India’s Test team. In 2000, Sourav Ganguly was appointed as the captain of the Indian team in 2000 due to his consecutive good performance. When Dada became the captain of Team India, the Indian team was going through a difficult period. In fact, at that time many players of the Indian team were accused of match fixing.
Many players made superstars
When Sourav Ganguly was the captain of Team India, he gave a chance to players like Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag and MS Dhoni and formed a young Indian team. Ganguly taught Team India to win the match under difficult circumstances. Under his captaincy, many players reached Arsh from the floor. Dhoni, who won the Indian team three-three ICC trophy, also made his debut under the captaincy of Ganguly.
Dada was known for getting late
Sourav Ganguly was known for late in the ground. In the Test series against Australia in 2001, he made Steve Waugh waiting for the toss. Actually, there was a historic Test match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. During this time, Australian captain Steve came to the field ahead of time for Waugh. But Ganguly arrived a little late. In such a situation, there was a delay for the toss, so Steve Waugh was quite angry. However, India won this match in a very dramatic manner.
India’s victorious chariot stopped by India
Everyone hoped that Australia would easily win the Test series. Because Australia also won the first Test match by 10 wickets. But in the second Test match, the Indian team won by 171 runs after playing a follow -on. At the same time, the Indian team had also stopped the Australian team’s invincible campaign by 16 Test matches.
Sourav Ganguly played 113 Test matches in a cricket career. He scored 7212 runs from his bat and scored 16 centuries. He scored 11,363 runs in 311 ODIs, including 22 centuries. At the same time, Sourav Ganguly also scored 72 half -centuries in ODI cricket.