Sourav Ganguly
The youngest son of Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly, Ganguly was born on 8 July 1972 in Kolkata. His father ran a flourishing print business and was one of the richest men in Kolkata. He had a luxurious childhood and was nicknamed the Maharaja. Though he was asked to concentrate on his studies and not to play cricket, he was inspired to do so by his brother Snehasish Ganguly,, an accomplished left-handed batsman for Bengal.. Though he was acutally right-handed, he batted left-handed so that he could use his brother's equipment. After he showed some promise as a batsman, he was enrolled in a cricket academy. An indoor multi-gym and concrete wicket was built at home for him and his brother, and he would often watch cricket videos, especially those of David Gower, whom he admired. After he scored a century against the Orissa U-15 side, he was made captain of St Xavier's School's cricket team, where several of his teammates complained against his arrogance but that arrogance was not actually arrogance but a spirit of lifting team that he showed in his international career as captain of india.
Gifted offside player discarded after one ODI on debut as a teenager in Australia in 1991-92 but made hundreds in his first two Tests on comeback in 1996.
India's most successful Test captain was sacked as one-day player in October 2005 and from Tests four months later but made a strong comeback in South Africa.
He has gone on to become the first Indian left-hander to score 7,000 Test runs during a memorable farewell Test series against Australia.
We will miss DADA – The Maharaja of Indian cricket.
The youngest son of Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly, Ganguly was born on 8 July 1972 in Kolkata. His father ran a flourishing print business and was one of the richest men in Kolkata. He had a luxurious childhood and was nicknamed the Maharaja. Though he was asked to concentrate on his studies and not to play cricket, he was inspired to do so by his brother Snehasish Ganguly,, an accomplished left-handed batsman for Bengal.. Though he was acutally right-handed, he batted left-handed so that he could use his brother's equipment. After he showed some promise as a batsman, he was enrolled in a cricket academy. An indoor multi-gym and concrete wicket was built at home for him and his brother, and he would often watch cricket videos, especially those of David Gower, whom he admired. After he scored a century against the Orissa U-15 side, he was made captain of St Xavier's School's cricket team, where several of his teammates complained against his arrogance but that arrogance was not actually arrogance but a spirit of lifting team that he showed in his international career as captain of india.
Gifted offside player discarded after one ODI on debut as a teenager in Australia in 1991-92 but made hundreds in his first two Tests on comeback in 1996.
India's most successful Test captain was sacked as one-day player in October 2005 and from Tests four months later but made a strong comeback in South Africa.
He has gone on to become the first Indian left-hander to score 7,000 Test runs during a memorable farewell Test series against Australia.
We will miss DADA – The Maharaja of Indian cricket.
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