Birthday Special: Sourav Ganguly-The Man Who “Changed” Indian Cricket

Former Indian captain and current BCCI chairman Surav Ganguli Turn 49 years old today. Ganguly, also known as the “Prince of Kolkata”, scored more than 7000 times in 113 tests and 11000 times in 311 ODIs. His average score in the test was 42.17 and his single-day score was 41.02. Although he played 22 hundred in a day, he had 16 in the test, including one who was famous when he made his debut in Rhodes. In addition, Ganguly won 132 wickets in international cricket matches with his mid-sized walker.

As the captain, he led the Indian team to 21 victories in 49 tests and 76 victories in 146 ODI games. As the captain, Ganguly made many interesting decisions that had a significant impact on Indian cricket. Here are some key ones:

Laxman was placed in third place in 2001: India was out of breath during the Kolkata test in Australia in 2001.Ganguly decided to send someone VVS Laxman Ranked 3rd in the second game. And, VVS created a historical score of 281, then India’s highest individual test score. Laxman and Dravid (180) hit the ball on the 4th day of the test, and on the 5th day Harbhajan Singh ran through Australia to end their 16-game winning streak.

Ask Sehwag to open:Willander Sewag He started his cricket test career in the middle level, and made his debut in South Africa with one hundred. However, since there was no mid-order position in subsequent tests, Ganguly asked Sehwag to open. The rest is history. After scoring 100 goals in England in his first series as the first series, he scored two more 300 goals. Sehwag also won a big win in ODI and ended his career as one of the most successful openers of cross-formats in India.

Discover talent in Dhoni: When Ms. DonnyYesterday, by the way, it was my birthday and I was selected for the Indian team for the first time. Many people were uneasy. However, even after his initial racket failure, Ganguly still supported him. In 2005, in Vizag’s ODI against Pakistan, Ganguly promoted Dhoni to third. The young batsman hit 148, just like his Dada, and continued to change the face of Indian cricket-as a batsman and captain.

I wish Ganguly a happy birthday and good health.

——Cricket reporter