Sourav – a success story
Posted by aneyeopener on November 11, 2008
Sourav Ganguly, a person we loved as well as hated.
I remember I used to fight with my friend in 1997 to 2001 on the matter of Sourav. They all love to hate him and I was his fan. Once he became captain and took India to several victories, all other were speechless.
Rightly said by Rahul, first there is God on off-side and then Sourav Ganguly. Set 8 fielders on off-side but Sourav will find the gap, that’s the Sourav special. I also remember Ian chapel saying that he has never seen anyone hitting sixes as easily as Sourav. Believe me when Ian says, it has to be very correct, he has seen cricket as much as anyone else.
Then comes his down phase. Unlike media – I will not flow into emotions and speak only good about him. After some great successes, Sourav was complacent. He was not working well on his fielding, batting and other areas. Team was also following Sourav. Yuvraj, Harbhajan, Zaheer etc following footsteps of Ganguly, became very lazy. Not concentrating enough on fitness and cricket. Team started losing. No wonder he was criticized for his approach and dropped.
The person who has brought his downfall was Greg Chappell. Believe me or not, it was Greg was shook Ganguly up to be better player. He was a blessing in disguise to Ganguly as a player. Once Ganguly was returned, he was different player. He was not as natural and elegant player now but he was a gutsy player. He wanted to remain on pitch for long time. He wanted to score runs. He wanted to run hard. It was a different Ganguly but I simply love this new Ganguly.
Since his return, he has contributed to the team enormously. I am proud of Ganguly that he has chosen his time to exit on his own. He is not the one who has been dropped and then he announced his retirement.
On the Lords, when he waved his shirt, so called experts remember it bad scene but it is a Ganguly memory for me.
Last line – Mahendra singh Dhoni said – I like to inherit the willingness to win from Ganguly and that’s the line which sums up everything.
Jasmeet Sandhu said
yup i agree to evry word of it dude!!!! i have been a die hard fan of Ganguly…even now that we are targetting no1 spot luk at the players who are resposible Dhoni Zaheer Yuvraj harbhajan Sehwag..these all are the find of Ganguly only!!He backed his players..he brought in this thirst and unity in the team so today if we praise dhoni and company donot forget the stepping stone was build by Ganguly only!!He really showed the world how to beat Australia..he brought in the mantra catch fire with fire!!