Till he was dropped in late 2005. The guy used to have such an arrogant attitude, although he was one heck of a player till about 2002.
But the guts he showed after being dropped, fighting against all odds when any other person would have given hope up, is just mind blowing. He earned his place, became the 2nd best performer after Sachin in that period, and then retired gracefully in his own terms. He made a hater like me become a fan of him.
I'll never forget this man and his contributions towards Indian cricket. At the moment it's hard for me to name even one player for whom I have more respect than this guy. Truly a phenomenal cricketer, and a fighter of epic proportions.
He turned me into his fan, and that's the way it'll remain as along as I follow the game.
Re: Re: Used to dislike him ..........
by santha kumar on Aug 06, 2010 06:42 PM
hahaha this is guy not seen while ganguly playing..If you want to write something negative abt ganguly write Stats...BULLSHIT SUNIL K
Re: Used to dislike him ..........
by Ritwik Bhuyan on Aug 06, 2010 06:14 PM
Add to that, his attitude after his comeback also became so humble and pleasing. I wish players like him never had to retire, which is such a bitter reality of the game.
Re: Re: Used to dislike him ..........
by indiafriend on Aug 07, 2010 01:14 AM
Whats ur problem richie? Bad stomach, jarring head, erectile dysfunction or plain idiocy?
Re: Difference
by Arun R on Aug 06, 2010 06:22 PM
India beats Australia in Australia against their best team Good Joke. Go take a look at the Team composition, No Warne No MC Grath
Re: Re: Difference
by sandeep kumar on Aug 06, 2010 06:28 PM
dude are you crazy?? Warne was always dominated by Indians, even on Indian turners, what difference could he have made in 2003?? And if mcgrath was missed, in the same series, bhajji and zaheer were missing as well. Irfan and balaji had opened the bowling, so India with a relatively depleted team held aussies to 1-1. And of course it should have been 2-1 in 2008, but we all know what happened? Add to that 2-0 in 2008 home series, and 2-1 in 2001, so we know that despite Aussies dominance of eng, Nz, India was the better team. With the worlds best batting line up.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Difference
by Sunil Vaidya on Aug 14, 2010 02:18 AM
kumble can be compared to mcgrath and harbhajan to lee. this indian pair of spinners were as good/slightly better than aussie fast bowlers mcgrath and lee. kumble has an almost identical records of matches and wickets with mcgrath and harbhajan also has an almost identical records of matches and wickets with lee.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Difference
by indiafriend on Aug 07, 2010 02:25 AM
Was it a question of comparison? Pls understand the meaning of a sentence before opening ur foul mouth! In all probability u r an Aussie who has still not forgotten the humiliation inflicted on u guyz!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Difference
by Ishkaran Singh on Aug 10, 2010 01:22 AM
For your information forget about past, I am just saying in last 10 years ie since 2000, India vs Aus is 7-6 in favor of India. India was the only team to beat Australia in Australia. Get your facts right and agree India has played better than Australia in last decade.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Difference
by Ishkaran Singh on Aug 10, 2010 01:24 AM
South Africa defeated Australia in 2008/2009 series.....but India started it!
don`t they know that champions trophy is an icc tournament for national teams.its such a stupidity that they are continously referring champions trophy as champions league.
Re: Rediff has hired idiot news reporters.
by jay shankar on Aug 06, 2010 06:37 PM
Fits right for the idiotic readers like you. Its Champions leauge T 20 . Its played by including the domestic T 20 Champions from various nations. For Eg For India the teams are from IPL etc.
you are a true champ, an opinion builder, you have to face spin bowling this time, you are famous against spin bowling, we don't want six this time. we want to see some splendid foot work
you had been and still is the champion of India.No player has made an impact to Indian cricket as you have done.It happens in a century. Dada you are surely liked by mass.
Re: champion
by hool on Aug 06, 2010 06:00 PM
'No player has made an impact to Indian cricket as you have done.'
Absolutely right no other players played for India did so for team or country.Might be there are some better player than him like Sachin,Kapil but Ganguly's impact is much hire than them.
