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The former legendary Indian skipper and former Indian Cricket Board president, Sourav Ganguly is celebrating his 51st birthday today. Ganguly was one of the most successful captains who ever led India. He had some immense contributions to Indian cricket. He led Team India for a few years and a lot of iconic cricketers were groomed during his captaincy tenure.
The Indian cricket fans are elated on this beautiful day for the Indian legend. They took to Twitter to extend a heartfelt birthday to him. Some of the fans also recalled a few historic moments the Indian team witnessed during his captaincy.
Here’s how fans reacted:
To the man who led the Indian cricket team with his fiery spirit and unmatched dedication, the 'Maharaja' of Indian cricket, Sourav Ganguly, a very happy birthday. 🎂#HappyBirthday #SouravGanguly
— Jay Pravin Thakkar (@jay_pt30) July 8, 2023
The event that changed Indian cricket forever... #HappyBirthdayDADA https://t.co/jupc79PHK8
— avantika 🔥 ᴳᵃᵐᵉ ᶜʰᵃⁿᵍᵉᴿ ♔ (@Avantika_Rc) July 8, 2023
#HappyBirthdayDADA
— మెక్కినేని ప్రసాద్ (@MekkineniPrasad) July 8, 2023
Biopic made on MSD shows rise of Dhoni
Biopic made on sachin shows rise of tendulkar
If a biopic made on dada will show The rise of indian cricket team - @virendersehwag
Dada showed team winning was not a just a individual performance but a team effort. pic.twitter.com/SSxcCY4vag
Happy birthday King... Our prince and pride of Indian 🇮🇳... God bless you... 😍🙏💞
— Sekar A (@Im_Sekar18) July 7, 2023
Happy Birthday dada 🎈
— Aniruddha Sengupta (@Anirudd23302365) July 8, 2023
My all time favourite captain 🫶🏻🫶🏻 lots of love to you DADA ❤️ That era and those days were unforgettable 🥺
— Akshayyyy (@AkshayyMahadik) July 7, 2023
A difference, Sir, one took once upon a time a heavily industrialised state fifty years back by deindusrialising it, so shrunk the might of a prosperous state, another brought back Indian cricket from the brink of disaster to unexpected glory, Saurav's appointment as skipper...
— Manish Rao (@immanishrao) July 8, 2023
🎉 Happy Birthday, Sourav Ganguly!
— KreedOn (@kreedonworld) July 8, 2023
🏏✨Celebrating the fearless cricketing legend who redefined Indian cricket with remarkable achievements.
Wishing you a day filled with joy and a year ahead of continued success.🎂🏆🙌#KreedOn #happybirthday #souravganguly #cricketlegend pic.twitter.com/ee7DUutDR0
Happy Birthday Dada @SGanguly99 Love from Tripura❤️ Thanks for everything you have done for Indian Cricket🙏 Thanks that you have accepted to be the prat of Tripura Tourism.
— soumil sarkar (@Thesoumilsarkar) July 8, 2023
Speaking of his international cricketing career, Ganguly made his debut 31 years ago, back in the year 1992 against West Indies in a ODI game. In his 16-year-long illustrious career, he played 113 Tests and 311 ODIs till he hung his boots in international cricket in 2008.
In this long career, the former great Southpaw scored 7212 Test runs and 11363 ODI runs with 16 Test centuries and 22 ODI centuries. Apart from that, he also scalped 32 Test wickets and 100 ODI wickets with the ball while playing for India.
Ganguly took over the captaincy of India from former Indian skipper Mohammed Azharuddin during the time when Indian cricket was going through a very tough phase. It was under the shadow of a lot of controversies, including the match-fixing scandals involving former skipper Mohammed Azharuddin, alongside a lot of star players of that era.
Later, Team India started winning away under Dada’s captaincy, including the historic Natwest series in England. That particular moment also witnessed an unforgettable celebration from an Indian skipper when he waved his T-shirt from Lord’s Balcony. India had defeated the hosts England by a very close margin of 2 wickets to clinch the trophy.
After retiring from international cricket, the 51-year-old also served as the administrator in Indian cricket including presidentship of the Cricket Association of Bengal followed by being the president of the Indian Cricket Board.