People know him as Dada, Maharaja or the Prince of Kolkata… But Sourav Ganguly for me is simply the King of Comebacks for Indian Cricket. God only knows how many time he was forced to prove his worth, that to after getting 16,000 runs in his kitty.
Every single time when he was thrown out of the team, he went back to the ground; practiced hard; played in tournaments that not many people have heard of; got his basics clean and forced the selectors to think again. Every single time when the selectors gave him a chance- which many foresaw as his last- Sourav made full use of the opportunity.
That is Sourav- the ever-hopeful cricketer who rises to the challenge and inscribes a fairytale comeback. Then, just when people start forgetting his feat, he yet again comes up with yet another fable of hard work and success.
Sourav Ganguly is perhaps someone who takes pleasure in proving others wrong. And he has done it one more time. After he was excluded from the Rest of India squad for Irani Trophy, Ganguly did not give up. He just waited and it paid off. So when the new Selection Committee under K Srikant included him in the Indian squad for first two tests against Australia, Ganguly was happy, but not surprised. As if he knows, there is still lot of cricket left in him.
So, once again, he’s getting ready to face his bitter enemies- the Kangaroos- with whom he shares a flair of deep rivalary- as an ex-caption, as well as a Batsman. His only hundred in Test Cricket, came against the Australians in 2003-04. And he definitely wants to add at least one more before he retires. Oh well, the talk of his retirement, or a probable VRS is in air, but Dada doesn’t seem to care. He has his plans set up.
So, once again, all eyes will be on him- whether he does well or whether he fails to keep the promise we’ll soon come to know. However, one thing is sure. This time, it won’t be easy for him. (Well, it never is when you are Sourav Ganguly)
This time, the competition in the team is really too much. There is the young blood all ready to fire.
That is why, this is all getting so interesting, coz, this time when Ganguly takes on the Aussies, he will be facing two challenges. One form the Lee and Company and another, from within his team.
And it is a possibility, that one-time King of Indian Cricket will never get another chance of come back…
Every single time when he was thrown out of the team, he went back to the ground; practiced hard; played in tournaments that not many people have heard of; got his basics clean and forced the selectors to think again. Every single time when the selectors gave him a chance- which many foresaw as his last- Sourav made full use of the opportunity.
That is Sourav- the ever-hopeful cricketer who rises to the challenge and inscribes a fairytale comeback. Then, just when people start forgetting his feat, he yet again comes up with yet another fable of hard work and success.
Sourav Ganguly is perhaps someone who takes pleasure in proving others wrong. And he has done it one more time. After he was excluded from the Rest of India squad for Irani Trophy, Ganguly did not give up. He just waited and it paid off. So when the new Selection Committee under K Srikant included him in the Indian squad for first two tests against Australia, Ganguly was happy, but not surprised. As if he knows, there is still lot of cricket left in him.So, once again, he’s getting ready to face his bitter enemies- the Kangaroos- with whom he shares a flair of deep rivalary- as an ex-caption, as well as a Batsman. His only hundred in Test Cricket, came against the Australians in 2003-04. And he definitely wants to add at least one more before he retires. Oh well, the talk of his retirement, or a probable VRS is in air, but Dada doesn’t seem to care. He has his plans set up.
So, once again, all eyes will be on him- whether he does well or whether he fails to keep the promise we’ll soon come to know. However, one thing is sure. This time, it won’t be easy for him. (Well, it never is when you are Sourav Ganguly)
This time, the competition in the team is really too much. There is the young blood all ready to fire.
That is why, this is all getting so interesting, coz, this time when Ganguly takes on the Aussies, he will be facing two challenges. One form the Lee and Company and another, from within his team.
And it is a possibility, that one-time King of Indian Cricket will never get another chance of come back…
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