Tuesday, November 11, 2008

God on the off-side

As a ardent Sachin fan, I hate Ganguly while Ganguly fans are around. Though Dada entertained us a lot on and off the field. He taught how to win in overseas, nurture a lot of youngsters they are now part of the team and more importantly he brings the aggressiveness and fighting spirit attitude. I remember some of Dada's memories I never forget

  • When the entire Indian team including Sachin was struggled with the "outside the offstump outswinger" strategy crafted by Srilankans and followed by all Teams in 1996 world cup and even after, Dada is the only one who revived the team with his elegant and effortless off side strokes. Timely entry by God on the off-side.
  • He was leading the attack in India's first 300+ successful chase in Dhaka.
  • First one to score ODI Century in Australia against Australia.
  • The great blitzkrig Indian ODI I have ever seen is against Srilanka in 1999 worldcup. Dada scored 183 and tried to break the 194 Anwar record by hitting two sixes in last two balls. This is the one of the ruthless attack against Muralidharan.
  • Shirt took off show in Lords
  • Never give up attitude. Even in 2003 world cup final he didn't give up and tried his chances by hitting Mighty McGrath over the rope. And it was unbelievable when he was struggling so much against the Pigeon.
  • When the Oz challenged dada the "chin music" in 2003 Australia tour, Dada responded them with a spectacular 144 in an opening Brisbane test. To add the Ozs frustrations Dada went on to say that "If rain doesn't interrupt we would win this match!!!". It was regarded as a bluff when people remembered the last Australian tour but the remaining series showed that how much he motivated the team. India dominated that series for the first time in Australia.
  • His ruthless attacks on left arm spinners like vettori and lehmann. But unlucky Dada got response like "Very weak against leftie spinners" by stupid medias in his career end when he bowled out by Brad hogg and Katich for a couple of times.
" When it is come to hitting off-side, First God then Ganguly" - Dravid

Here is the one of the finest knock by Ganguly





1 comment:

Hari said...

Dai Madu,

Superb da. Otherthan this i am unable say anything.

Its really a good effort and finaly you have attained it.

Keep Going on.

Regards,
Arivazhagan. V