- Former Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly’s 48th Birthday
- Debut in international cricket in 1992, played 113 Tests and 311 One Day Internationals.
- He scored 7212 and 11363 runs in both formats, registering 16 Tests and 22 ODIs.
- new Delhi. Sourav Ganguly, former captain of the Indian Cricket Board and current chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (Sourav Ganguly), is celebrating his 48th birthday. Ganguly, who was counted among the successful captains of India, was born on 8 July 1972 in Kolkata.Ganguly not only gave new heights to Indian cricket as a captain but also played an important role in changing the face of Indian cricket with his decisions. He was the grandfather who swung the jersey on Lord’s ground and won the team India. Let us know that Sourav Ganguly has five such decisions which overturned Indian cricket.BJP veteran died due to corona virus, breathed his last at 68
- 1. The explosive start of the innings through Sehwag,
Sourav Ganguly brought Team India to a new dimension. For this, he took some good decisions. Such as the explosive start of the innings through Virender Sehwag. Actually, Sehwag used to bat in the middle order. Sehwag had hit a century while batting at number-6. Ganguly recognized Sehwag’s skills and got him an opening. Ganguly’s decision became a master stroke for Team India. Sehwag started his innings in Test cricket, registering two triple centuries.2. Badla Laxman’s batting order
in Kolkata Test is counted as the Kolkata Test of 2001 in the most important Test matches of Indian cricket. Actually in this match India defeated Australia after facing followon. In the first innings, only VVS Laxman was able to face the Australian bowlers properly.
In the second innings, Ganguly sent him to play at number three in the batting order. This decision of Ganguly proved to be historic. Laxman played a memorable innings of 281 runs and India won the Kolkata Test match. With this win, India also stopped Tilism from winning 16 consecutive matches.Also Read: These goods coming from China to India get discounts on imports, see list of companies3. Wicketkeeping from Rahul Dravid At
the time of Sourav’s captaincy, Team India needed a batsman who could do wicketkeeping. In such a situation, it was Sourav Ganguly who convinced Rahul Dravid, who was known as the Indian team’s wall, for wicketkeeping.Dravid’s wicketkeeping further improved the balance of the team. Between 2002 and 2004, in this way, Team India got such a wicketkeeper, which was no less than a boon for the team even in batting.
- Returning from Corona, winning the person was welcomed expensive, know how difficult it became4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s
selection also included Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s selection in Team India in Sourav Ganguly’s historic decisions. In fact, it was in 2004 that Ganguly asked the selectors to bet on Dhoni. He then sent Dhoni to number-3 in batting order against Pakistan.Dhoni played a big knock in this match. In the 2005 Vizag ODI International, Dhoni scored 148 runs while batting at number three.
5. Trust on young players, victory on foreign soil
Saurav Ganguly taught team India how to show confidence in young players. He has always been at the front for youngsters like Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. As a result these youth gave them better results.Not only this, Dada also instilled confidence in young cricketers that we are capable of winning outside India as well. This is the reason why India played 28 Overseas Tests under Ganguly’s captaincy, of which 11 won.
