DADA-Only cricketer to stop two double centuries in ODI

Another amazing fact about Dada....he is the only cricketer who have stopped two double centuries in ODI cricket... One was against Pakistan when Saeed Anwar was batting at 194..an amazing and impossible catch by Dada stopped the would be first double century by Anwar.. The second one was against Sri Lanka when Jayasuriya was batting...

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Selectors mull over appointing Sourav As Bengal captain

Posted: Sunday , Oct 25, 2009 Kolkata: How about Sourav Ganguly taking charge of a disjointed Bengal team and making it a close-knit unit? The Bengal selectors are toying with the idea after Laxmi Ratan Shukla & Co cut a sorry figure in the East Zone T20 meet at Dhanbad. Bengal lost three successive matches in the tournament, but, more...

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~Dada was offered blank cheque for BIG BOSS ~

Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:51 IST Mumbai: Reality doesn't bite. It pays. Consider this. Former cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has admitted that he was offered a "blank cheque" to get locked up in Bigg Boss' house. "I was made an offer by a television channel to stay locked in a house for a period of two months. The remuneration they put in front...

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Challenge to ESPN's voting of Best ODI Batsman

Date : 21/10/09 These are the top run getters in ODI's : SR Tendulkar (India) - 16,903 (Runs) 44.48(Average) 430(Matches) ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) - 13,377(Runs) 32.54(Average) 441(Matches) Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak) - 11,739(Runs) 39.52(Average) 378(Matches) RT Ponting (Aus/ICC) - 12, 044(Runs) 43.17(Average) 324 (Matches) SC Ganguly (Asia/India)...

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Ganguly begins season on a high !!!

Kolkata, Oct 18 (PTI)  Former India captain Sourav Ganguly began the season on a positive note, slamming an unbeaten 45-ball 62 in a practice Twenty20 match at the Eden Gardens here today. Ganguly hit two sixes and six fours to guide his team to an eight wicket victory. The southpaw, who retired from international cricket after Australia series...

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HAPPY DIWALI TO MY DADA AND HIS FAMILY!!!!!

. May This Diwali be as bright as ever.. May this Diwali bring joy, health and wealth to you.. May the festival of lights brighten up you and your near and dear ones lives.. May this Diwali bring in u the most brightest and choicest happiness . May this Diwali bring you the utmost in peace and prosperity.. May lights triumph over darkness.....

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Railway stadium will help sports persons: Ganguly

Friday, October 16, 2009  Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Thursday batted for Railway minister Mamata Banerjee's ambitious indoor stadium project in Kolkata and said the facility would help sports persons represent the country. "I am personally very excited about the project," the ace cricketer said addressing the gathering...

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DADA of cricket with DADA of music !!!

OCT 14,KOLKATA: It was an evening when two legends met for a cause. Sourav Ganguly looked on as A R Rahman on Tuesday announced his Jai Ho' concert at Salt Lake stadium on November 14, five years after he rocked a packed house at the same venue. The show is being organized by The Liver Foundation West Bengal and will help spread awareness about...

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DADA surprised by Dravid's exclusion !!

Date : 10/15/09 Former India captain Sourav Ganguly expressed surprise over Rahul Dravid's exclusion from Team India for the ODI's against Australia. "I don't know whether this is experimentation or what.I don't think the selectors will experiment in a series against Australia," he said when asked to comment on the squad picked for the first two...

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Sourav accepts Mamata's inaugural offer

October 13, 2009 Kolkatta: In West Bengal, any liaison between politicians and celebrities is becoming a matter of speculation and analysis. The latest celebrity to figure in this conjecture is former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly. The tittle-tattle started after Ganguly accepted an invitation from railways minister Mamata Banerjee to attend...

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DADA to play practice match for Bengal !!

Kolkata, Oct 14 (PTI) : Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will play a practice match for Bengal before the team departs for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 (East Zone) tournament in Dhanbad. "Bengal will play two practice matches among themselves on October 16 and 18. Ganguly will play the second match on October 18," chairman of Bengal selectors...

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HOW DADA WON MATCHES CHASING.... ????ALSO CHECK OUT HIS WHOPPING AVERAGE IN THOSE MATCHES~~~

NOW LET ME TELL U THE REAL THING!!! SITTING DOWN WITH THE CRICINFO PAGE OPENED I STUMBLED ONTO THIS FACT... WHEN DADA SCORED CENTURY CHASING A TOTAL OUT OF 7 TIMES 6 TIMES HE HAS WON THE MATCH FOR INDIA.(ONLY TIME HE MISSED WAS 100 AGAINST AUSSIES IN MELBOURNE) "HE AVERAGES A WHOPPING 695 IN THE MATCHES HE WON!!!" WELL HE OPENED IN EACH AND EVERYONE...

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I will be the captain next season : Sourav Ganguly

OCT 11,2009 The interactive session happened with the dealers of Captain TMT bars of which he is a brand ambassador. Ind vs Aus : It will be a close series but then my money will be on India since they are playing at home. KKR Captaincy : I will be the captain next season and will take all the decisions... KKR Coach : Both John (Wright) and Dav...

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Sehwag has it in him to lead India : Ganguly

New Delhi | Wednesday, Oct 7 2009 IST : Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly has stated that swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag has the potential to be a successful captain at the international level. ''Virender Sehwag has it in him to lead India. Sehwag still has at least 5-6 years of cricket in him and even if any chance of captaining the side...

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Ganguly shoud lead KKR - Foreign Players

Oct 04, 2009  New Delhi: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is the man best suited to lead the Kolkata Knight Riders in their redemption journey in the third edition of the Indian Premier League next year, feel KKR foreign players. The Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise, which finished at the bottom of the points table in the second season of...

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WHY DADA HAS STRIKE RATE OF 73.70 IN ODI'S??

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☛ SOURAV :THE BEST INDIAN IN ICC EVENTS ☚

Matches Innings Runs Average 50/100 : Sachin Tendulkar: 52(m) 49(i) 2237(r) 45.65(avg) 14 /5 Sourav Ganguly : 34(m) 27(i) 1671(r) 61.88(avg) 6 /7 Rahul Dravid : 41(m) 36(i) 1487(r) 41.30(avg) 12 /2 SOURCES : http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=44;type=trophy http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=12;type=trophy Thank...

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McCullum: Am sure relationship with Sourav will remain strong

DATE :OCTOBER 3/2009 Johannesburg: Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand vice-captain, is among the most exciting of batsmen in limited overs cricket --- be it the 50-over game or in T20. McCullum (28), who is on the rolls of the Kolkata Knight Riders, spoke to The Telegraph on Friday, after a truly exhausting training session at the Wanderers. The...

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Sourav to question Shahrukh !!!

Date : 10/02/09 Sourav Ganguly’s most popular quiz show, ‘Dadagiri’ will be now on Zee TV. The first episode of the Hindi version will feature Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee. The show became so popular in Zee Bangla that Zee TV has decided to make a Hindi version of the quiz show. It has also been decided that Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee will...

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Flashback Oct 1, 1999: Start of Ganguly's golden run in ODIs

This day, ten years back Sourav Ganguly scored a hundred against the Zimbabweans in the LG Cup in Nairobi. The innings of 139 runs was a watershed one; as the elegant and explosive left hander went on to score nine hundreds within the space of just 37 ODIs. It was the sixth game in the LG Cup and Zimbabwe after winning the toss asked India to bat...

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Reborn, Sourav the puja dancer !!

Kolkata(1/10/09): Sourav Ganguly recreated his old magic of elegant timing and nifty footwork though off-the field when he played 'dhak' (drum) and danced during immersion of the Durga idol near his residence at Behala on Wednesday. There was no bat and ball but the southpaw enthralled the crowd who had turned out in huge numbers to see Ganguly on...

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WHY SOURAV IS THE BEST EVER CAPTAIN???

Captain is born not made. Leadership is your trait –in your genre. Either you have it or you don't have. There is no in between. Sourav like England's Mike Brearley or Nasser Hussain can be in the team just because of his leadership qualities. Unlike Brearley, whose Test batting averagewas under 23 or Hussain whose Test average was 37, Sourav's average...

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How sachin is the king when situation is easy and fails when tough time prevails and DADA is reverse???

For an overseas batsman, runs scored in Australia often means more than runs scored anywhere else. Apart from the relatively bouncy pitches, the batsmen also have to overcome the challenges posed by the most potent bowling attack in world cricket, and one of the meanest fielding units around. Even in Australia, though, some venues have been more hospitable...

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