Sourav Ganguly-the sportpersonality i admire the most

 

Once again ganguly takes front foot and hits the ball out of the park……these were the days I started to watch cricket, think cricket and dream cricket.

…..many years back…once upon a time in birur

Using the best glue (fevicol) I had pasted a poster of ganguly in my room. It was an off field photo of him in which he wore a blue shirt and jeans with his spectacles. I had got it as a birthday gift from my neighbor. She knew that I like dada a lot and she had picked it up and gave me when she came back from her college. At that age nothing would have been a better gift than this one for me.

After around two years……….. Later

I was out of the town for holidays for a month. The entire house was painted newly. The painter was informed to remove the poster safely but he has failed to do it. It was really difficult for a 10 year old boy accept the fact that his hero has been thrown out of his home. I was completely upset with the incident occurred. My family members knew exactly how much I was attached to that poster. They had got the right thing to convince me- a match of India the very same day. Ganguly was walking with sadagopan ramesh to open the innings. I was made to sit in front of TV saying “don’t worry we will get a new poster of the great sourav ganguly”. In fact it was the first time they had pronounced his name correctly. I forgot everything watching him play. I have seen thousands of ganguly’s photos till now but not the one I had pasted in my room.

I was just enjoying watching sourav play in the field. I was glued to TV whenever he is on the field. I was getting disappointed when I see him get out early, that day would be a bad one for me too. I was seeing myself in him when he used to play in the field. His passion, aggression, determination and self-confidence which he had while playing impressed me a lot. I used to try his square cuts and pull shots while playing but couldn’t last more than 5 to 6 balls.

I still remember days of defending him while arguing with friends when he was out of the team INDIA.Moreover than cricket greats like kumble,sachin,sourav,laxman,dravid and sehwag have taught the human values and done a great job of being a role model for the youngsters.

Till date I like dada and support him because the pride and passion with which he plays and carries. He taught the team to play like a team, he brought in d players d attitude 2 win n showed d world that India has d capability 2 win overseas He is a true champion, he built the team and incorporated the attitude of winning in MEN IN BLUE.

Hoping this time in IPL4 we can see dada lifting the trophy!!!!!

DADA ROCKSS……..forever @#@#@#@# one day i will meet him for sure….

ramanujan ……….\raam/