In 2000, when the burden of the Indian team was transferred from the hands of Sachin Tendulkar to the shoulders of Sourav Ganguly, the country's cricket was plunged into a scandal. The cricketers who were worshiped by the countrymen became the eyesores of the people. It was not easy to break this wall of distrust and make Team India the best seat in the World Cup.
But for that difficult task Maharaj became energetic. Transparency brought back the country's cricket. He did not let the perceived crimes like cheating or match-fixing reach the Indian team's tri-limits, He also transformed 'Team India' from a collection of talented individuals into a truly formidable team.
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Sourav Ganguly introduced this mantra in the Indian team, not identity, but talent. Previously, the cricketers had to burn a lot of firewood to reach the stadium of the national team from a small town. The election system was also radically changed during Sourav's tenure. He built a new India with Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, MS Dhoni, Irfan Pathan. Literally, their grandfather had become 'left-handed with the violin'. A bunch of youngsters managed to establish themselves in international cricket under Sourav's hand. He changed Indian cricket by holding the hands of those young boys. He dreamed of winning the world.
Sourav Ganguly has repeatedly suffered injustice from the beginning of his career. He was only 19 when he first made the national team in 1992. He got a chance to play only one ODI on Australian soil against the West Indies. Because of the failure, there was no chance. Then there was a long wait. When Sambaran Banerjee, the selector of the eastern region, tried to include Sourav Ganguly in the England tour in 1996, he had to listen to several insults. However, the left-hander of Behala answered this neglect with the bat. He scored 131 and 136 runs in the first two Tests of his career at Lord's and Trent Bridge. Win series best award. The reign of 'Maharaj' in Indian cricket began since then.
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He took the team to the Champions Trophy final in 2001. In the same year, under the leadership of Sourav, India took the reins of Australia's. In 2002, he became the joint champion in the Champions Trophy. Won the Natwest Trophy. He led the team to the 2003 World Cup final. As his success graph as a captain was climbing upwards, disaster struck Sourav Ganguly's career. He fell under the influence of Greg Chappell, who became the coach instead of John Wright. He was dropped after returning from Zimbabwe with a hundred. After that, the star of Bengal returned to the team after proving his worth in domestic cricket. South Africa, England, Australia run on the ground and announced 'this way can come back.'
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Sourav Ganguly did not get the respect he deserved
Sourav Ganguly has given a lot to Indian cricket. But how much did you get instead? The question remains. When Sourav retired from international cricket in 2008, he was one of the best batsman in the country and the world. The form was accompanied. He reached the threshold of a century in the last Test. He returned to dressing room after scoring 88 runs. While Sachin retired at the age of almost 40, Dravid-Laxman also hung up the bat at the age of 38-39, Sourav Ganguly really needed to say goodbye to the national team at just 36? Or could the Maharaj of Bengal read the writing on the wall after being suddenly dropped from the one-day team? He did not give anyone else the opportunity to exclude him in any way. He left the field with his head held high, along with his 38 international centuries and 18,500 international runs.
Team India won the World Cup in 2011 under the leadership of MS Dhoni. Ranchi's 'Mahi' was worshiped in cricket circles for that victory. But the foundation of winning that title was written by Sourav of Bengal, it is known from the interview of Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh of the world winning team. In honor of Sachin Tendulkar, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has already retired his number 10 jersey. There is also this special tribute for Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) who retired in 2019. No one will be able to wear the number 7 jersey even if they want to in the future. But in Sourav's case there is only indifference. Next to Sachin's 10, Dhoni's 7, Sourav's jersey number 99 should also be retired as a reward for his outstanding contribution to the country's cricket. But Jai Shah and Roger Bini do not seem to take any initiative in that regard.
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