New Delhi: Former veteran player and captain of the Indian cricket team, Sourav Ganguly, played his last Test match against Australia in 2008. In this test played in Nagpur, India had registered a big victory of 172 runs over the Kangaroos. This was grandfather’s last match. So it was special for everyone. Ganguly had left the captaincy. The captain of the Indian team at that time was MS Dhoni. During Ganguly’s last test, Mahi asked Sourav to become the captain again and lead the team for some time. At first Sourav Ganguly rejected this offer of Mahi. But after this, when Dhoni requested him to captain for the second time, Dada did not refuse and captained for some time in the last test. Now Dhoni remembered this entire moment and also gave a statement on it.
What did MS Dhoni say?
Recalling Sourav Ganguly’s last Test at the RiGi event, MS Dhoni said, ‘Sourav Ganguly is one of the greatest captains of India. There was no better way to give a better farewell than this. Although I don’t know whether he enjoyed it or not, because it was not the plan. It happened suddenly. But I think this was the best way to bid him farewell. Leading for the last time on the field. Even if for 15 or 20 minutes. Let us tell you that MS Dhoni was recently in Goa to participate in this event, in which Riji’s founders Swapnil Saurav and Ananya Singhal were also present.
Sourav Ganguly’s test career
From 1996 to 2008, Sourav Ganguly played a total of 113 Tests in his career. During this period, he scored 7212 runs in 188 innings while batting at an average of 42.2. Ganguly has 16 centuries and 35 half-centuries to his name in Test cricket. Apart from this, in 311 ODI matches, Ganguly has scored 11363 runs with 22 centuries and 72 half-centuries.