9th November 2008 was the day when our own dada
step in on field of cricket for last time. That was against the mighty
Australian & fortunately Indian won the test & the series too.
The tale of DADA started in 1992 during westindies tour, which
is more famous due to DADA’s attitude rather than his presence as a cricketer.
Later this guy came back strongly in 1996 due to siddhu’s sudden withdrawal
from the England tour due to dispute with that time captain Azhar. All is
history now.
He is the only player in the world cricket, whose avg in
tests never dipped less than 40. He rises in 2000 when India was suffering from
cricket betting allegations. Same time, Azhar, Prabhakar, Ajay Jadeja etc
banned from cricket for respective period.
He came back strongly & created TEAM INDIA. Who has known for their arrogance, rough &
tough on field. He found players like yuvraj, Sehwag, Harbhajan, Zaheer, Nehra,
Kaif & rebuild careers of Srinath, Kumble, Dravid etc… I still remember the
famous story of DADA, when he fought with Indian selectors to select Anil
Kumble for the tour Australia in 2003-04. It was the period when everyone was
talking about the end of kumble. After
that what happened we all knows it. This can be done by DADA only.
DADA was the captain, who taught Indian cricketers to reply
to all sledges. He taught us to celebrate win. He created believe that we can
win the world cup (Ref: 2003 world cup). According to few modern greats, the
present winning team is the actually created by Sourav, who creates the toughness
in cricketers. He gave them the authority to play without fear. He actually ploughs
the Indian cricket, which is paying dividend now.
It doesn’t mean that he only tested success only. He had
gone through lots of pain & discarded by media & team coach once. His
famous ad on TV brought tears in DADA fans’ eyes. He was the king of returns.
Later part of his career he played as all-rounder, as a bowler etc. However his
inclusion always brought the positivity in team that brings positive results.
A grand salute to DADA, who has still millions of die-hard
fans even he is, retires now. Only A SAURAV can make it possible.
Hope there will be a day when he will coach the TEAM INDIA :)
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