Happy Birthday Dada: A look at Sourav Ganguly's journey over the years
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Sourav Ganguly was excellent through the off side. This earned him the nickname 'God of the Off Side' for his elegant strokeplay through the covers and square of the wicket. (Photo | PTI)The left-hander is often credited with changing the face of Indian cricket. (Photo | PTI)The 'Bengal Tiger' has countless achievements in his career. He is the only cricketer to win four consecutive man of the match awards in One Day Internationals. (Photo | Reuters)Sourav Ganguly swirls his shirt after Team India defeated England in the final match of the Natwest Trophy, at the balcony of the Lords in London, 2002. (Photo | PTI)He is one of the only five cricketers to have achieved the unique treble of 10,000 runs, 100 wickets & 100 catches in ODI cricket. (Photo | AP)Sourav Ganguly played 113 Test and 311 ODI matches with the bating average of 42.17 and 41.02 respectively.He had scored 16 and 22 hundreds in Test and ODI cricket respectively. ( Photo | EPS)He is regarded as one of the most successful Indian Test captains to date, winning 21 out of 49 test matches.He is also the most successful Indian test captain overseas with 11 wins. (Photo | PTI)Sourav Ganguly joined as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team in the year 2008, owned by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, as part of the Indian Premier League (IPL). (Photo | PTI)Like cricket, Sourav also had a strong liking for football. Now he is one of the co-owner of Kolkata based Indian football club 'ATK'. (Photo | PTI)Sourav Ganguly was part of the Supreme Court of India appointed Justice Mudgal Committee probe panel for IPL Spot fixing and betting scandal's investigations.(Photo | PTI)Last but not the least, Dada is the 39th and current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. (Photo | PTI)Happy birthday, Dada! (Photo | AP)
