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Personal Information on Sourav Gangul

Famil Dad's Name : Chandi Das Ganguly Wife's Name : Dona Ganguly

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Heritage Ganguly was born to a life of luxury and comfort as he was the son of an affluent printer. Ganguly is perhaps one of the richest Indian cricketer of recent times. Ganguly's father presides over a big joint family of over 50 people, though they all do not live in the same house. There are 22 bedrooms in his house, and the family possesses over 20 cars. His first step towards cricket Ganguly's first step towards cricket was a happy accident of fate: Ganguly was not encouraged to play cricket because his parents wanted him to focus on his studies. But his elder brother Snehasish was an accomplished cricketer. He was a lefthander so Sourav simply followed his brother and started playing with left hand. It was convenient for him because he could thus use his brother's cricket equipment; for his fans, it was a blessed stroke of luck, for the joys of the left-handed drive in cricket surpass almost everything else. One fine day during his holidays, Sourav asked his father to get him enrolled in a cricket academy as he was finding difficult to pass his time. Setbacks An under-15 Orissa cricket team happened to be in Calcutta, and Sourav happened to smash them with a century. Young Sourav had found his m tier. But the pain was yet to come. A hundred (121) for East Zone against West Zone in the Duleep Trophy in 1991 earned Sourav a place on the tour of Australia in 1991-92. He was played in only one One-day International match and was then forgotten for over four years. He thought that his career as an international cricketer was over as he was ridiculed as a non-talent, and it was alleged that he had 'attitude problems'. They said he refused to carry drinks for his teammates, he was too high-headed and arrogant, he behaved like a Maharaja, an emperor. None of it was true, says Sourav. But the labels stuck, and Sourav was a forgotten man. He was left alone to sort out his career, and to reinforce his shattered confidence, with some help from an English rugby team sports psychologist. Success at last ! But fate had more surprises in store. Sourav was chosen to tour England with the Indian team in 1996. Navjot SinghSidhu, his roommate on the tour, chose to walk out of the team after a misunderstanding with captain Azharuddin, while Sanjay Manjrekar was injured. Sourav thus got a chance to make his Test debut. There was a crescendo of criticism on his selection for the tour; that the Bengal lobby was at the base of his inclusion was the harsh and unanimous verdict. But all that lasted only till the second Test at Lord's where he blasted a superb century. As a person Sourav Ganguly is a quiet, unassuming, undemonstrative man with nerves of steel. As the current captain of the team, Ganguly's aggressive batting and big scores testify to the fact that he has learnt to deal with pressure and the burden of leading the country does not constraint him. In fact, the responsibility seems to have had an encouraging effect; he is beginning to emerge from the shadow of Sachin Tendulkar. Sourav is a deeply religious person and observes a fast every Tuesday.

His marriage He is married to Dona, who was a next-door neighbour to the Ganguly family. Their fathers were once friends but the relationship was strained and the young couple got married under cover. It was a typical Hindi movie love story where the hero and heroine are separated by their parents and so they run off to get married. And like the movie ends their families too reconciled but only in the end i.e. after the marraige. His first love You all will be surprised to know that 'Football' www. ehhaicricket.com/pinforamation/sourav/souravpinfo.htmlis Saurav's first love. He played for his school football team for four years. But
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Yo all ill be p i ed o kno ha 'Foo ball' i Sa a ' fi lo e. He pla ed fo hi chool foo ball eam fo fo ea . B ince he e e e no man oppo ni ie in foo ball, he hif ed o c icke . Thi hif of game a beca e of hi fa he , ho made him join a c icke coaching cl b. Hi fa he M . Chandi Gang l had al o pla ed fo he a e. Hi Sec e No e ill ell o a p i a e habi of o fa o i e c icke e .............The fi hing Sa a doe af e he check in o a ho el oom i o place he po ai of godde Kali and he pic e of hi ife Dona on hi bed ide able. Fo hi Bengal Tige he e i no hing mo e ela ing han a ching Dona (hi ife ho i a cla ical dance )pe fo m a dance o ine.

Achie ements Gang l a appoin ed he Cap ain of he Indian c icke eam in Feb a , 2000. Gang l a he Man of he Se ie in he Ne Zealand-India 5 ma ch ODI e ie in No embe 1999. Gang l made a mammo h 183 again S i Lanka in Wo ld C p 1999, hich, a ha ime, a he Highe ODI Sco e b an Indian, bea ing Kapil De ' Reco d of 175*. Gang l a he Man of he Se ie in he Pep i C p 1999 (Ma ch-Ap il) fo co ing 278 n and aking 6 icke in o al. Sa a Gang l ha he di inc ion of being one of he fe pla e in he Wo ld o Sco e a cen and ake 4 icke in he ame ma ch. (ODI ) Sa a Gang l along i h Tend lka fo m he 4 h Be Opening Pai in he Hi o of One-da c icke . Sa a Gang l and Tend lka e e in ol ed in a Wo ld Reco d Opening Pa ne hip of 252. Sa a Gang l co ed a Cen on Deb a Lo d in 1996, and en on o co e a cen in he e ne ma ch a ell. Sa a Gang l a named Spo a Pe on of he Yea 1998. He al o on he A j na A a d in 1998. Sa a Gang l a he Highe R n-Sco e fo India in ODI in 1997. In he Saha a C p 1997, Sa a Gang l e a ne Wo ld Reco d fo 5 con ec i e Man of he Ma ch A a d . He a al o he Man of he Se ie .
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