" DADA" -- O nthe offside first comes GOD and then its Sourav Ganguly

This Picture is how the world shall always remeber "DADA".. Situation Natwest series Final IND vs ENGLAND at LORDS the MECCA of cricket where not a spectator is dressed in casual ware.. Well thats DADA or Saurav Gaguly....

I have been surfign the net for a while now t ofind things people have said about him.. But unfortuantely there are not many and this is kind of surprising.. YES i agree that his records are not as glamoruos or as overwhelming as the LITTLE MASTERS but nontheless he is the one who has lead a revolution in INDIAN Cricket...

"DADA" , "THE PRINCE OF KOLKATTA" , "THE BENGAL TIGER" are synonyms to Sourav.. they are not jsut tag lines they define who he was..

Unlike the Sachin and Rahul he was the mone that was surrounded in the cintravacy hurricane.. but it was his shere ditermination & gut that makes him so Special...

It is a little funny now looking down at a test match batting card and not seeing his name there.. I still a test match in england he was battign with Sachin the lights were fading.. light had been offered to the batsmen and neither Sachin nor he took that offer.. and england saw a brutal attack in bad conditions... There is nothing better to watch in cricket than:

A. Sachin Tendulkar's Straight Drive
B. Sourav Ganguly's ability to run down the pitch to a fast bowler of Allan Donald's class and smak the bloke over the offside field for a six
C. Sachin tendulkars straight bat Paddle sweep behind the keeper
D. Sorav's Elegant Cover drives
E. Rahul Dravid's Front foot defense...

Yes I knwo there are people who say that if India had the 3 best batsman in the world why we lost so frequently.. Well Honestly I do not have a definite answer my balme is as good as yours.

However this article is for one of the greatest captians that have lead india. He took over the reigns when india wer down in the dumps of cricket and rose to the occasion yes he fell down many times but then its how he rose to success that defines his character.. He is not afraid to speak his heart.. follow his soul.. he was there to play cricket and do well thats what he did.

He currently shares the best opening stand award wit hSachin tendulkar.. One of the greates opening batsmen the WORLD have ever seen... He is also the best reader of spin bowling off the bowlers hand... he is an Inspiration to all... It was his team and their dedication that were the first asian team the kill the AUSTRALIANS in their own backyard an ego blow that Punter and his men still whole the grudge too..

Writing History:

Test
1. Captained India in a record 49 Test matches[64]
2. Led India to a record 21 Test wins[65]
3. His Test average has never been less than 40.[66]

ODIs
1. Hold the record of most 200+ ODI partnerships (6 times) along with Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
2. Holds the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for most 1st wicket ODI partnerships of 175+ runs (7 times).
3. Holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the second highest score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI — 183, against Sri Lanka in 1999.
4. Held the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for the highest first wicket partnership for India in an ODI match, 258, against Kenya in 2001. This record was bettered by Sri Lankan opening pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006 at Headingley.
5. Was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid.
6. Sixth on the all time list with 31 man of the match awards.
7. He is also the only player to win 4 consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs.
8. India's second most successful ODI captain after Mohammed Azharuddin.
9. First Indian to score an ODI century against Australia in Australia.
10. Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997,1999,2000.
11. Third in the list of hitting maximum number of sixes in ODIs.
Second in the list of highest number of centuries in a single calendar year ever. 7 centuries in 2000.

and as they say the rest is history...

As fathers and grandfathers to thegenerations to come we will be giving his example for a long long time.. THose wh ohave had the previalge to see him play have been given memories that they can never forget..