Sourav Ganguly –the India’s most successful captain, a perfect leader who has done all the hard work in the hard times and made India’s present count in the international cricket. He is confident, he defines aggression and was the first one who dared to talk to the likes of Steve Waugh (as English was a bit of problem that time among Indian cricketers) and challenged them in the cricket field ,that’s why he is the DADA of India. He is the pied piper of Indian team.
After the match fixing issue in 2000 team India was in a reforming phase and in need of a very good captain and eventually they got the one who turn out to be India’s best captain ever. The Bengal Tiger accepted the challenge and put all his effort on each and every selection. He believed in youngsters and has picked the right talent for team with every one having a defined role. The effort which he has put in team formation can be justified by the use of Rahul Dravid, he has used his wicket keeping abilities and created an extra position in the team. Fielding was considered the weak area of Indians he has bought in specialist fielders like Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif. It was under DADA’s captaincy only India achieved highest success and started winning the overseas series also. Australia was considered unbeatable that time but he dared and shown the world how to win against them, Indian cricket really has achieved great heights in his captaincy. It was under Sourav Ganguly captaincy only India reached the finals of world cup after 20 years. With a group of all young player and a confident leader the team India has won millions of heart. The techniques which DADA set became standard and are still used by another India’s successful captain MS Dhoni whose potential is also noticed by Sourav Ganguly and made his debut in his captaincy only .
Presently captaining Pune Warriors India-after their unsuccessful IPL 4 the team looks re-invigorated under his captaincy- the good leaders have that effect and Sourav Ganguly have the special ability to recognize the quality of player and bring the best out them. With no so big names in their side PWI have performed really well in the initial matches and are among the favorite teams in IPL 5 .
Sourav Ganguly has all the qualities a great leader should have, with his confidence and aggression he is always there to back his team mates. He has over 10000 runs to his name in ODIs and commonly known as God of off side, he and Sachin Tendulkar still makes the India’s most successful opening pair, he once hold the record of highest sixes with his superb power hitting and I still consider him to be the who best executes a six. Age seems no barrier in his strength and even today he is leading his team with same determination which he had for team India. We just cannot have another DADA in Indian cricket, his contribution to Indian cricket is priceless .
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