“Dada” Quits

Well, Dada finally announced his retirement from international cricket today. This is probably rated as an end of an era. Ganguly, who has appeared in 311 ODI matches, has scored 10000 plus runs with a healthy batting average of 41 approximately. Till date, he has played above 100 test matches and has scored 6800 odd runs with approximately the same batting average as in the ODIs. With nearly 18000 international cricket runs under his belt, he is the best left hand batsman India has ever produced. He is known for his massive hits and when it comes to total number of ODI sixes, he is one among the top five in the list. He has a highest score of 183 that came against the mighty Sri Lankan team in the ’99 world cup match at Taunton. His 1st double ton (239) in test match came against Pakistan during December 2007. It was a brilliant effort from him when the team lost 4 wickets for just 60 odd runs. He along with Yuvraj (another century maker in that innings) rescued India. By far, Ganguly is the best captain that India has ever had and has an excellent record as a captain as well as a player. He was handy with his bowling too. In recent past, he was in and out of the team many times. This may be one of the reasons for his retirement. ‘Fab Four’ now became ‘Fab Three’. Soon we will be seeing the retirement of ‘The Wall’ too. And finally let’s hope that Ganguly performs well in his last series against Australia. Let us all pay tribute to him-one of the legends of the game.