Sourav Ganguly is credited for presenting a forceful brand of cricket to the Indian group. The previous skipper assumed control over the steerage at a turbulent time following a match-fixing adventure. In those days, Group India was attempting to make progress. In abroad series yet the circumstance changed under the administration of Ganguly.
The left-given hitter made his worldwide presentation in 1992, highlighting in an ODI against the West Indies.
After four years, Ganguly played his most memorable Test in Britain. And scored consecutive hundreds of years to declare his appearance in red-ball cricket. He drove the Men dressed in Blue to the last of the 2003 ODI World Cup where they lost to a Ricky Ponting-drove Australia.
Sourav Ganguly praises his 52nd birthday today, on July 8. On this exceptional event, we should return to the famous lifetime of the unbelievable commander:
Sourav Ganguly assisted Group India with winning a few significant competitions during his residency as the skipper. The best of them was in 2002 when India prevailed over Britain in London to win the NatWest series. After the guests enrolled a two-wicket triumph in the last, Ganguly vehemently waved his pullover from the notorious gallery of Ruler’s. The second actually stays new in the core of each and every Indian fan.
Sourav Ganguly: From Turbulent Captaincy to Influential Cricket Leader
Sourav Ganguly’s profession saw sufficient choppiness in 2005 after Greg Chappell was named as India’s lead trainer, succeeding John Wright. Chappel composed a mail to the BCCI, scrutinizing the initiative abilities of Ganguly and his messages got spilled to the media. He was dropped from the public group and Rahul Dravid supplanted him as the new chief.
The Sovereign of Calcutta wouldn’t surrender. He got back in the saddle during a visit through South Africa in 2006 and collapsed as the top scorer of the abroad series. One year from now, Ganguly scored his profession best score in Tests, crushing 239 against Pakistan in Bangalore. The southpaw bid goodbye to global cricket in 2008 and took retirement from all types of the game in 2012.
Notwithstanding hanging his boots, Sourav Ganguly remained related with cricket and started off the second innings of his vocation as a reporter. He was chosen the Leader of the Cricket Relationship of Bengal in 2015 after the previous boss Jagmohan Dalmiya died.
In front of the 2019 version of the Indian Head Association (IPL), Delhi Capitals roped in Sourav Ganguly as a tutor of the crew. He needed to step down from the job next season in the wake of turning into the Leader of the BCCI.
Ganguly was the second commander to lead the board after Sunil Gavaskar. His stretch as the BCCI boss reached a conclusion in October 2022 when Roger Binny assumed control over the charge. Ganguly right now fills in as the Head of Cricket (Overseer) of Delhi Capitals.
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