Sourav Ganguly is a household name in the cricket fraternity. He is well known for his leadership qualities.
A debutant Sourav Ganguly at the Lord’s for India in white jersey in 1996. That was the prolific moment for the youngster’s career start then. He came into bat when the scoreboard was already troubling Indian batsmen as wickets were tumbling down. Sourav Ganguly alongside with his batting partner another debutant that day Rahul Dravid went bonkers. Forming a formidable partnership which gave the English bowlers and captain a hard run for their money.
Sourav Ganguly was the top ODI run scorer for the next 8 years starting from 1997 to captaining Indian team when there was a downfall. The team during the fixing scandal went through turmoil but a Young player stepped up for the duty and took upon the challenge. He had a vision to win for India not only at home but abroad also.
From winning the Natwest trophy, Jointly winning the Champions Trophy and also reaching the 2003 world cup final , during that period one can see the change brought by him with his leadership skills.His hunger for win abroad was a new dawn for India as we were not called as “Ghar ke Sher”.
One captain must know how to back his player and Sourav Ganguly was the perfect captain for that. he always trusted his players and in the 2011 World Cup winning team vast number of players were who played under Ganguly’s leadership. Backing Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and company. A leader on the field and off the field also. He took charge of BCCI last year the Board of Cricket Control in India as the President. He took upon challenge to revolutionise the cricket structure in India and he is indeed working upon it. He is conferred with the titles such as Maharaj, Prince of Kolkata, The God of Offside.