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- Dada-logy 7 : LEGENDS June 14, 2012 Debaditya Biswas
The human nature in itself can be compared to a “parts of speech” called OXYMORON. An OXYMORON is a set of words (usually a set of two words) with opposite meanings, for example – “OLD NEWS”. Now the reason I quote such a difference is be...
- KEEP YOUR BIAS TO YOURSELF, WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH May 29, 2012 Anirban Bobo Dasgupta
To Mr. Kunal Ghosh Sports Editor, Sangbad Pratidin, Sir, I was pretty disturbed to see an article on the front page of yesterday’s issue of your daily. The article in question was meant to pass on a congratulatory note from our C...
- Exclusive Article: The Last Hurrah !! May 19, 2012 SCGanguly.com
An Exclusive article by Anirban Bobo Dasgupta for SCGanguly.com: Gautam Gambhir is in fine form. He is leading from the front, and under him KKR really seems to be finally coming to the terms of realising their huge potential. Some modern cricketing...
- A legendary drama fighting for ‘THE END’? May 18, 2012 SCGanguly.com
An Exclusive SCGanguly.com article by - Varun Vamsi Balabadrapatruni: They say excellence is exceptional for expectations. But expectation is birth right for foolishness and ignorance. Unless a brain with heights of foolishness, can any one expect c...
- The Warrior Prince - A fanatic's Eulogy May 11, 2012 SCGanguly.com
Exclusive article by SCGanguly.com Some said that he can’t play the rising ball, while others said his attitude was like a Maharaja, but what cannot be denied is the fact that he entertained cricket fans worldwide for more than a decade and a half...
- For Passion, For Cricket, For Dada May 5, 2012 Anirban Bobo Dasgupta
Finally the big day arrives with an aura of reckoning. The most awaited match of this year’s IPL is about to get underway in less than 6 hours time. Aren’t you excited, Kolkatans? There have been lots of speculations about this encounter from th...
- Just another day in Kolkata April 29, 2012 Ranajoy Chakrabarty
I spent my entire day in the Kolkata streets today in Shyambazar, Esplanade, Park Street, Hazra, Rashbeari, Tollygaunge, etc. and there was just one topic in everyone’s lips, the match on the 5th of May between KKR & PWI or to be exact, Sourav Gangul...
- Match Report PWI vs DC April 26, 2012 Arjun Ramnath.S
Pune Warriors India, watched by their former captain failed twice in a row, this time due to the torturous partnership of Uthappa and Samuels. Yuvraj Singh kept his promise of visiting Pune matches as he was seen in the Pune dugout cheering his mas...
- Match Report PWI vs DD April 24, 2012 Arjun Ramnath.S
After a memorable night at the Feroz Shah Kotla, the Pune Warriors team were looking to secure a double over Delhi Daredevils at the Subrato Roy Stadium. The record breaking partnership between Uthappa and Pandey went in vain as the Delhi captain took ...
- Match Report DD vs PWI April 22, 2012 Arjun Ramnath.S
He never lets you down. He is such a fighter. He loves comebacks. He is still a match winner. After all he is a legend. Dada, take a bow. . . ! After a very good start to the tournament, Pune suffered two consecutive losses failing to hold the nerve...
- Match Report RCB vs PWI April 17, 2012 Arjun Ramnath.S
Riding on an impregnable form, the Pune Warriors missed out the winning streak failing to prevail a nail biting finish. The game much under the control of Pune Warriors were let down by Nehra and Rahul Sharma. The toss favoured Dada as he opted to b...
- Match Report PWI vs CSK April 15, 2012 Arjun Ramnath.S
After facing the first defeat against Kings XI Punjab, Dada led the team with aplomb as the inspired eleven was back in business to the delight of jam packed stadium. The visiting captain was left clueless against Dada’s tactics as CSK bowed out in a...
- Match Report - KXIP vs PWI April 12, 2012 Arjun Ramnath.S
After winning the first two encounters Pune Warriors India were involved in the first reverse fixture of IPL5 against its previous opponents in Mohali. The winning streak was given a halt by the Shaun Marsh inspired Kings XI. Both the teams played thei...
- PWI vs KXIP | Exclusive Match Report with Highlights April 8, 2012 SCGanguly
An SCGanguly.com Exclusive by : Arjun Ramnath. S Dada never lets you down. He ridiculed the strong Mumbai Indians line-up that day and today he led the Pune Warriors to its second victory in as many games. After competing home matches in Navi Mumbai l...
- The Warriors or The Kings? The battle awaits.. | PWI vs KXIP match preview April 8, 2012 Krishanu Ghoshal
Beating Mumbai Indians at their home ground on their very first match of the season , the Pune Warriors look steady and confident under the leadership of the legendary captain Sourav Ganguly . Defending the total of 130 runs by using the bowlers in pro...
- The World's Best Captain Ever...PERIOD! April 7, 2012 Ranajoy Chakrabarty
An SCGanguly.com Exclusive: We just watched the Pune Warriors under Sourav Ganguly’s captaincy defeat the mighty Mumbai Indians. Mighty ? Well yes, weren’t Mumbai the tournament favorites for most of the cricket pundits out there. And there was ...
- Sourav Ganguly talks about The Warrior Prince in an Exclusive Interview April 1, 2012 SCGanguly.com
Here we roll again ! Sourav Ganguly in an exclusive interview to SCGanguly.com Team members Kunal Sarkar, Ashima Nath & Priyanka Singh! In this conversation not only Sourav Ganguly unveils his views on his celebrated documentary " The Warrior Prince " ...
- Dadalogy 6 : The Blue memories March 25, 2012 Debaditya Biswas
Blue is a color that symbolizes freedom, strength and, NEW BEGINNINGS. Now, the two words, NEW and BEGINNING when clubbed together catapults the essence of an abstract emotion, that we call – hope. Hope is a pretty volatile piece of feeling. It i...
- Sambaran Banerjee talks about Sourav Ganguly in an exclusive Interview March 23, 2012 Rudrajyoti Kar Chowdhury
He is a cricket coach, a columnist, TV analyst , an administrator in CAB. He is regarded as one of the best judge to new talents in the field of cricket. On a fine morning he speaks to scganguly.com about his best pick for the Indian Team when he w...
- An Evening of Dreams | Launch of ‘The Warrior Prince’ at ITC Sonar, Kolkata March 20, 2012 Anirban Bobo Dasgupta
The occasion was meant to be private and cosy. Hence the venue was just optimally appropriate as a couple hundred people gathered together on a warm spring evening at ITC Sonar, Kolkata for the launch of a film on Mr. Sourav Ganguly, entitled ‘The ...
- Sachin Tendulkar : Not a God and that’s what makes him so special March 17, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Suvajit Mustafi When I was asked to write on the ‘so called God of Cricket’s 100th ton,’ I didn’t know what to write on this someone on whom everything has been written. I adore him and I am not an atheist but he is no God. How many ti...
- Sourav Ganguly –The Cricketer Beyond Any Limits March 12, 2012 Ranajoy Chakrabarty
As I start writing this article, Bengal has won the 2012 Vijay Hazare Trophy under the captain-ship of Sourav Ganguly. Bengal played well throughout the tournament and capped it off with another superb win by 6 wickets against Mumbai. Personally, thi...
- Why I must get hold of a DVD of 'Sourav Ganguly : The Warrior Prince' March 12, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Varun Vamsi Balabadrapatruni “Change is the essence of life”, which tells that everything keeps on changing and survives for the next part. Indian cricket which had everything in that, paved way for many incidents which trolled from the gloom...
- Mitali Ghoshal talks about making of The Warrior Prince in an Exclusive Interview March 12, 2012 SCGanguly.com
The producer & director of The Warrior Prince, Mitali Ghoshal talks to our correspondent Ranajoy Chakrabarty about making of The Warrior Prince & her future projects in a telephonic interview. She talks about what made her transform from a Sports J...
- Dada, Kapil and me… Views on Virat Kohli and some aspects of Indian cricket March 3, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Suvajit Mustafi Headlines Today began with a mindless conversation on comparisons between Virat Kohli and Sourav Ganguly, but thanks to the legends of the game – Sourav Ganguly and Kapil Dev, they managed to pull the direction of the conversa...
- Sourav Ganguly's Love Story || Happy 15th Anniversary Dada February 21, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Suvajit Mustafi The love story of Sourav Ganguly and Dona Roy would make perfect material for a masala Hindi Movie. Sourav Ganguly has lived a life of luxury as he comes from an affluent family. But this does not mean that life has been a ...
- And here’s your winner – Sourav Ganguly February 16, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Suvajit Mustafi Sourav Ganguly perhaps is the most fascinating cricketer of our times and though he has been the unluckiest, he has a knack of emerging victorious – time and again. And he does it the Rocky Balboa way! ‘No matter how ofte...
- Pune Warriors India, IPL, Dada and Me February 3, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By - Suvajit Mustafi Two months to go and the multi billion-dollar league gets underway again with our major Test venues once again filling up and dancing to the tunes of the signature trumpet. Yes, it will be time for the fifth edition of the India...
- Veni.Vidi.Vici - Sourav Ganguly January 29, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Varun Vamsi Balabadrapatruni He Came, He Saw, He Conquered The heights of a true war is not about winning but to fight against the conspiracy and spread the glory. Every war ends with a new beginning, a new era. Every era ends up with a war ...
- Why should we win in Adelaide and mindset concerns of future? January 24, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Suvajit Mustafi Day One pretty much says us that it’s going to be 4-0 but the win will mean a lot to our beloved fabulous five - Dada, Wall, Master, Jumbo and VVS, the men whose efforts seem to be going in vain. It looks to be a daunting ...
- BCCI: Biased Cricket Control Board of India -1 January 17, 2012 SCGanguly.com
Exclusive article by: Ranajoy Chakrabarty “It’s a hard thing to say you don’t want to play for India anymore because that’s the passion, that’s the love in you; that’s the thing you want to do. I was not happy with the way I was dealt ...
- The difference between a Good & a Great Captain January 17, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Sukh Grewal The Team India that toured Australia in 2003 under Sourav Ganguly's leadership went with less of expectations and more of speculations. Though Sourav's men had thawed Steve Waugh and his army from winning the Final Frontier in 2001,...
- With Ganguly gone, has the Indian Team forgot how to behave too ? January 16, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Debaditya Biswas Sledging has been a part of cricket since the times of pre-independence. Difference is, in those times, sledging was done by our European counter-parts because they ruled us; today we do it, because we are no longer ruled by th...
- Bring BACK Ganguly Goes World Wide January 15, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty I wrote a simple article on January 4th on this website, called Bring BACK Ganguly, mentioning why I felt the Indian Team is going backwards under MS Dhoni, and why it again needed Sourav Ganguly to make a comeback again & ...
- Sourav Ganguly’s heroics at Brisbane | The best overseas innings by an Indian January 15, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Anirban Bobo Dasgupta Sourav Ganguly’s heroics at Brisbane will always be arguably the best overseas innings by an Indian according to everyone. The innings in question long transcended the amount of runs he scored or the quality of bowlin...
- Why Sourav Ganguly is one of India’s Greatest Test Batsman ever ? January 13, 2012 Ranajoy Chakrabarty
Exclusive Article by: Ranajoy Chakrabarty Before I write my article, I must mention, I have promised my friend that in this article, I will not write about Sourav Ganguly the Captain, to prove him as a Great Test Player, and will only write abou...
- If Paul Scholes can return, Why not Ganguly ? | Bring Ganguly Back! January 11, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty Former Manchester United Mid-Fielder Paul Scholes, who retired this summer from professional football; has again announced his return to Manchester United, 6 months into his retirement with immediate effect. Earlier this wee...
- Dada-logy 5 : The rise of Surtur AND THE FALL OF THE GAME January 9, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Debaditya Biswas I have been a fan of Norse mythology since my childhood, and Thor (the Norse God of thunder) was always my favorite. Since the pre-historic times, humans have always been interested in sports, or to say in a more modified conte...
- Sourav Ganguly fans worldwide condemn 8th Jan as Black Day January 7, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty 8th January 2011, every Sourav Ganguly fan awoke early in the morning, to watch the new IPL auctions being held Bangalore. But to their shock Sourav Ganguly was completely Ignored by all the IPL teams, made him an unsold pla...
- IPL fixtures 2012 | Pune begin on 6th April | Pune vs KKR -5th May in Eden January 7, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Kunal Sarkar The IPL schedule is finally out. And the first thing me & (hope) most DADA fans would look is the fixtures of Pune Warriors India. I stay in Pune and have been eagerly waiting for this grand event to start. The Subroto Roy Saha...
- Ganguly is much better a captain than Dhoni : Steve Waugh January 6, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty It was the third day’s play of India vs. Australia 2nd test at Sydney, when a Bengali reporter caught up to the former Australian captain Steve Waugh to ask him some questions about the ongoing series. Steve said, India...
- Sourav Ganguly to Lead Pune : A Myth or Is It Real ? January 5, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty There has been reports floating around in various websites & some small-scale newspapers that Sourav Ganguly will lead Pune Warriors in IPL 5 with little or no official confirmation from PWI or for that matter Ganguly hi...
- Bring Back Ganguly January 4, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty At the end of day`s play on day 2 of the 2nd test at SCG, Australia are on 482/4 after India were bundled out for 191 in the first day of play. M.Clarke batting on 251* with Hussey on 55*. Earlier in the day Ponting got out ...
- Sourav Ganguly may play in Bangladesh Premier League from Feb 9 January 3, 2012 SCGanguly.com
By : Rudrajyoti Kar Chowdhury The first edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will start from February 9, 2012 with the final to be played on February 29. The 20-day tournament will feature six teams that will play each other twice each in ...
- No retreat, no surrender! Look back at Ranji Trophy 2011 December 27, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Debaditya Biswas There are certain times, when your shoulders droop, your muscles ache and your body screams to give in, because you know, YOU JUST CAN’T WIN! But at such times, there are some men whose spirit cries – NEVER! Just like our w...
- I will take a month to recover from my injury: Sourav Ganguly in an Exclusive interview to SCGanguly.com December 26, 2011 SCGanguly.com
Team SCG members Kunal Sarkar & Ashima Nath drove all the way from Pune to Baroda, to get an exclusive interview with Sourav Ganguly on the 3rd Day of the Bengal vs. Baroda Ranji Match. Following are some excerpts from the interview: Audio : ...
- When the Baroda crowd cheered Sourav Ganguly against the home team December 22, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By: Sukh Grewal It was the second day of Ranji Trophy Elite - Group B match between Baroda & Bengal. Baroda was batting overnight on 284-9. Earlier when Baroda was 278-7, the Prince of Kolkata came into the attack. Irfan Pathan was looking a...
- Time to set your Alarm Clocks to 5.AM, Wake Up,Watch Cricket & Listen to Dada December 22, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Altaf Khoja “As a young boy, I used to wake up early in the morning and switch on the TV to watch the Test matches being played in Australia and listen to legends like Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell and Bill Lawry. They were so knowledgeable abo...
- Get ready Kolkata, Time to choose between DADA & KKR December 14, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Debaditya Biswas On the 11th of December, 2011, the IPL Governing Council met at Chennai and took a number of decisions with regard to the upcoming 2012 season. The 2012 season will revert to the ‘home and away’ format, with each of the...
- Sourav Ganguly’s bravado at Gabba December 13, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Soham Sarkhel There is not much difference between the words ‘hope’ and ‘expectation’. The former is a general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled while the latter is a belief that something is going to happen in the future. If o...
- Bengal Captain Sourav Ganguly scores 135 in his first away match December 1, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Sukh Grewal He may have hung his boots from International Cricket , but Sourav Ganguly still has all the fire-power in his arsenal. And as they say "Form is temporary but Class is forever" - Sourav Ganguly made those words so true today. Even...
- Beyond All Boundaries - A Documentary dedicated to Indian Cricket Fans November 23, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Varun Vamsi Balabadrapatruni Beyond All Boundaries, it is glad to have an encounter with Mr.Sushrut Jain who is working on a documentary based on Indian cricket focusing on India`s 2011 world cup win. A documentary projecting true life time c...
- Love, Romance & Marriage Sourav Ganguly style November 22, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Sukh Grewal The love story of Sourav Ganguly and Dona Roy would make perfect material for a masala Hindi Movie. Sourav Ganguly has lived a life of luxury as he comes from an affluent family. But this does not mean life has been a 'Walk in t...
- When Sourav Ganguly shocked everyone by opening the batting for Bengal November 20, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Debaditya Biswas It was the 4th & final day of the battle… The crowd roared as the warrior prince surprised everyone in the arena once again by coming out to open the batting for Bengal! Madhya Pradesh had put in a valiant 533 on their s...
- I have always played for the team : Sourav Ganguly in an Interview with SCGanguly.com November 19, 2011 SCGanguly.com
Here is SCGanguly.com Editor Paranjoy Deb & behind the camera Rahul Saha in an Exclusive interview with Sourav Ganguly for SCGanguly.com, sharing some nice moments with DADA. This interview happened on 12/11/2011 inside Sourav Ganguly house. VIDE...
- Sourav Ganguly 37* at the close of play on Day 1 November 17, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty It was late in the day, 75 overs already had been played, Bengal were looking really good with the score at 258/2, with Manoj Tiwari & Arindam Das at 105*. Ankit Sharma came in to bowl over no 76 & got the wicket of Arindam ...
- Sourav Ganguly fans celebrating children's day at Bulbulir Basa Orphanage November 17, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty A Sourav Ganguly fan club called the BEHALA DADA FORCE SOCIETY decided to celebrate children's day with the under-privileged kids at the Thakurpukur Bulbulir Basa Welfare Society by spending the day with them. They visite...
- Sourav Ganguly - A True Leader of the youth November 14, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Rudrajyoti kar chowdhury Harbhajan Singh, Virendar Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and M.S Dhoni are the few young Indian cricketers who came into limelight holding the hands of “ The Engineer of Team India” and the most “Colorful character of India...
- One Man & A Billion Dreams : A Tribute to Sachin Tendulkar by a Gangulian November 13, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Avi Sachin Tendulkar == Cricket! Nearly 22 years back, a fresh faced school boy was being hailed as the next big thing in Indian cricket and here he is today, standing head and shoulders above one and all around him. This man might have been th...
- A Part of me Died when Sourav Ganguly retired November 10, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Desh Dada, Dada will never ever play again. After the post lunch victory, reality has just started sinking in. It has been eight hours after that historic victory but I have no other thoughts other than Dada in mind right now. I almost ran i...
- Dada-logy part 4 - A tribute to the messiah : Sourav Ganguly November 9, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Debaditya Biswas Though he is painfully arrogant, but that is the best thing that could’ve happened to Indian cricket. -Nasser Hussain(ex-England skipper) 15 years ago, a young prince stepped on the glorious Lord’s, and s...
- Sourav Ganguly : A TRAGIC HERO November 9, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Paranjoy Deb It hurts me to say this. You still had it in you—I would not have said this a few months ago with such certainty. But you showed heart and fight in the Australian series despite all odds. You refused to make inflammatory press st...
- Sourav Ganguly : The Man with a Midas touch November 6, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Avi It was the summer of 1996. India were up against England in a test match at the Mecca of cricket; the Lord’s. India was wobbling at 59 for 2 when the world saw the emergence of a young lad named Sourav Chandidas Ganguly. He ended up scori...
- Turmoil Between Sourav Ganguly & John Buchanan October 29, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Paranjoy Deb The relationship between former Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan and Sourav Ganguly was one of the talking points of the Indian Premier League. In his book, The Future of Cricket: The Rise of Twenty20 (191 pages, Rs 295), ...
- An interview with Mr. Abhijit Majumder about Sourav Ganguly October 28, 2011 SCGanguly.com
Interviewed by : Ranajoy Chakrabarty He is an Journalist who loves cricket. Currently the editor of Hindustan Times. A very humble person to say the least, we just had to ask him once & he agreed for an interview, just like that. We at SCGangu...
- Sourav Ganguly in his Foodie Avatar October 26, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Anirban Bobo Dasgupta What comes to your mind when I say Sourav Ganguly?? Yeah Yeah, the Great Indian Captain, the Talismanic Batsman, the Consummate Warrior, etc etc - always the same adjectives used exclusively in the cricket field by expe...
- Sourav Ganguly to be in Delhi this weekend to support Sahara Force India October 25, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Rudrajyoti kar chowdhury “The cricket crazy nation will get to taste something new and extremely exciting. It has the potential to find its audience in the country,” Ganguly told media persons at the Sahara Force India Formula One Team flag...
- Sourav Ganguly predicted and Varun Aaron delivered October 24, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Sukh Grewal Sourav Ganguly may blink his eyes way too often than normal but with each blink it seems he captures the image of an uprising star performer. Varun Aaron was called on duty to England but he did nothing there except warming the benc...
- Dada-logy part -3 : Sourav Ganguly - The Rocky Balboa of Indian cricket October 23, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Debaditya Biswas Even today, when we talk BOXING, the name Rocky Balboa flashes across our minds. For those of you who don’t remember, let me remind you that entire 1976 sports drama movie, starring Sylvester Stalone, which spawned 5 other s...
- Sourav Ganguly : THE PHOENIX OF WORLD CRICKET October 22, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Vedha Sampath In a cricket rich country like India, coming into the team needs a lot effort. While coming into the team is one achievement, staying in the team requires hell lot of an effort. With 'sport' central to national lives and emerging ...
- Sourav Ganguly - The All Time One-Day Great October 21, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Sandipan Chatterjee Sourav Ganguly,the ODI batsman is not a myth. Apart from Sachin Tendulkar, no other Indian has had so much impact on one-day cricket as him. Sourav won over 30 MOM awards in one day cricket and his brutal assaults especially...
- One Should Hate Sourav Ganguly For Everything October 17, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Vedha Sampath The name SOURAV CHANDIDAS GANGULY is one name which people hate to hear the most. What did he do to Indian cricket? Who is he after all? Immediately comes the answer “ CONTROVERSY MAN”. Yes. But did anybody for a second thoug...
- Anil Kumble : Unassuming Yet So Destructive October 17, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Avi Happy Birthday Anil Kumble, the Greatest Indian Bowler ever & a true Legend for all Cricket fans around the globe. Team SCG & Gangulian all over the world would like to wish you all the success in your future endeavors. Thanks you f...
- 'Dada-logy' Part 2: The Greg-Ganguly fiasco… October 15, 2011 SCGanguly.com
Article By: Debaditya Biswas 28th November 2005 Match – South Africa versus India. Venue – The Eden Gardens Kolkata. Result – India lost series to South Africa 2-1. _______________________________________ It was a day when ...
- 'Dada-logy' October 12, 2011 SCGanguly.com
Article By: Debaditya Biswas After the 1999 Azharuddin fiasco, the very existence of the country’s most glorious game was questioned, and although the decision of the BCCI to impose a life-long ban o...
- India v England ODI series (Preview) October 12, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Avi It may surprise some to see India chalked up as favourites to win the upcoming five-match ODI series against England after a summer in which MS Dhoni's men failed to record a single victory across three formats against England. But India ar...
- A casual meet with the legend Sourav Ganguly October 10, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Aritra Roy I would just like to share a small story I heard about Dada from a friend. One of my office colleagues had been to the "Marco Polo" restaurant on Park Street on Saptami night. He saw a huge table meant for seating approximately 1...
- GODFATHER of Indian Cricket - Sourav Ganguly October 4, 2011 SCGanguly.com
Article By : Gaurav Mishra If you ask anybody in India who is the 'God' of cricket - well, most probably the answer would be Sachin Tendulkar. However, if you ask who is the 'God-father' of Indian Cricket, you will get only one answer that is The ...
- Sourav Ganguly confirms he will be Mentor-cum-Player for PWI in IPL-5 October 2, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By- Rudrajyoti kar chowdhury In an interview to PTI yesterday Sourav Ganguly himself confirmed that he is the new Mentor –cum- Player of IPL team Pune Warriors in IPL season 5. A role that will certainly be a new test for the greatest Indian Capta...
- Dada will be Captain-cum-Coach of PWI: Anilava Chatterjee in a candid Interview September 28, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Rudrajyoti Kar Chowdhury Mr. Anilava Chatterjee, a well-known face in the Bengal sports fraternity runs many prominent sports shows on leading Bengali channels. He is someone very close to Sourav Ganguly and is also the man behind Sourav Gang...
- Lighting a Candle is Better than Cursing the Darkness September 26, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Avi Much before he commenced strapping on his armour, a nation began to prepare. Across the land in dispirited homes and listless offices, a strange frisson started to course. The streets wore a deserted look and work in the offices came to a g...
- Dada – A winning notes to next generation September 25, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Varun Vamsi Balabadrapatruni (Most of the present generation cricket viewers don’t know the contribution of Sourav Ganguly to the Indian cricket. Conversation between Ankit and Arnab, explaining the contribution of Sourav Ganguly to Indian cr...
- O Captain; My Captain. September 24, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Sukh Grewal When Sourav Ganguly made his ODI debut in 1992, things did not start as rosily as he would have wanted to. He was dropped from the side after a forgettable innings and it looked like the end of road at the beginning itself. The beli...
- A real interview with the Fake IPL Player(Anupam Mukerji) about Sourav Ganguly September 23, 2011 SCGanguly.com
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- The True Nawab Of India : Tiger Pataudi (A small tribute) September 22, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Sukh Grewal Born on 5th January in 1941, Mansoor Ali Khan was a born Royalty. Tiger’, as Mansur Ali Khan Patuadi was often called, was the son of Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, who had the distinction of playing Test cricket for England and India...
- ICC rejected Sachin`s Idea because it came from an Indian : Sourav Ganguly September 22, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty Sourav Ganguly thinks the International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected Tendulkar's proposal not for any cricketing reasons, but because it came from an Indian. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar sent a letter to ICC chief Haroon L...
- I believe to keep ODI Cricket as it is : Sourav Ganguly September 22, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty Speaking to Headlines Today, Sourav Ganguly said, he is a big believer of keeping the tradition of the game and hence wants no change in the 50 over format. Earlier Sachin Tendulkar, had sent an letter to the ICC, suggest...
- An interview with Mr. Gaurav Kalra about Sourav Ganguly September 21, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Avi Gaurav Kalra has been producing sports content on television for over a decade now. He is the Sports Editor on CNN-IBN. A big cricket & tennis fan. He says he lives in the hope of seeing an Indian win Wimbledon Singles one day! The most coo...
- Funny Moments : Prank on Skipper Sourav by Team India September 20, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty Sourav Ganguly is India`s Greatest Captain Ever, On the field he was a serious & aggressive captain. So when the Indian Cricket players played a April fool prank on him few years back when he was still captain, he had no clu...
- RCB must be careful with Virat Kohli : Sourav Ganguly September 20, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty Sourav Ganguly on the eve of the 5th ODI match between India & England said that Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB), the Bangalore based IPL franchisee owned by Vijay Mallya should be very careful how they handle Virat Kholi. ...
- 5/16 - The Dream Spell September 18, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Sukh Grewal 18TH SEPTEMBER 1997, 3rd 0DI of the Friendship Cup between India and Pakistan in Toronto. The story of Sourav Ganguly, the skipper of the Indian cricket team, is one full of the myriad shades of life itself, in fact it has all the i...
- An interview with Mr.Venkat Ananth about Sourav Ganguly September 17, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : AVI Mr. Venkat Ananth is a Yahoo! Cricket Columnist, Foreign Affairs, Journalism lecturer, Indian Politics, Test cricket devotee, Manchester United, World Music aficionado. He is a Mumbai-based freelance cricket writer. His other interests inclu...
- "The Wall That Always Stood Tall" - A tribute to Rahul Dravid September 16, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Avi It was one of those days that have become all too common on this tour — intriguing, confounding, depressing all rolled in one. Before play began on the second morning of the friendly match against Northants came the news that Rahul Dravid...
- Sourav Ganguly- Too incomparable September 15, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Avi To be a fan, to have watched his magic, to have found him reliable every time he walked out in the middle; it has been bliss. A career as long and brilliant as Dada’s bestows on its followers a unique honour of its own, an honour of watch...
- Sourav Ganguly To Play Domestic Cricket Before IPL 5 September 15, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By-Rudrajyoti Kar Chowdhury “Yes. The passion to play is still there. IPL is a domestic league and I still have a couple of years of cricket left in me. Next year, I’ll be ready for the tournament and will also play domestic cricket to get in s...
- A Letter to MS Dhoni from a Gangulian who loves Indian Cricket September 14, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Anirban 'Bobo' Dasgupta Take it on your Broad Shoulders, Captain Dear Mr. Dhoni, Tough luck once again. Team India deserved a better result than just a tie and once again your and Mr. Raina’s exploits with the bat will b...
- An interview with Mr. Prem Panicker about Sourav Ganguly September 12, 2011 SCGanguly.com
Interviewed by : Avi He is an Indian Cricket Journalist. But he thinks otherwise. With 17 years of experience in both newspapers and online world, he is an inspiration for many. He was one of the founder members of Rediff.com and the currently the M...
- Dadagiri at Lord's - "The moment that changed Indian Cricket Forever" September 10, 2011 SCGanguly.com
Article By : Avi In retrospect, it was at the holy home of cricket—The Lord’s when it unravelled in surreal fashion. It was only going to get better and better after that. Pummelled into dazzled oblivion by the heroics of two young batsmen; Yuvraj...
- Sourav Ganguly -- "Master of the art of riposte" September 9, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Avi As England toppled India to become the numero uno in test match cricket, one man saw all the mayhem unfold in front of his own eyes albeit from the other side of the boundary line this time. He was the man who was once responsible for making ...
- Sourav Ganguly the ‘Monarch of Indian Cricket’ September 8, 2011 SCGanguly.com
Indeed he planted the seeds that took India to the famous 2011 World cup win & No.1 status in Test Cricket. for all this & many more, we say : Sourav Ganguly is not just the ‘Prince of Calcutta’ but he is also the ‘Monarch of Indian Cricket’.
- Talk about Sourav Ganguly on Twitter & You will be famous September 7, 2011 SCGanguly.com
By : Ranajoy Chakrabarty Twitter, the social networking website is the place for all celebrities to connect to their fans directly. But off late there has been a new trend in Twitter, a trend started by the 3rd grade, attention seeking, publicit...
- Sourav Ganguly ''The Role Model'' September 4, 2011 sukh
Sourav Ganguly may never himself take any credit for his & the Indian team`s accomplishments(during his time) but young players who have now become successful men still vow by him. Ganguly backed his men to the hilt and in return he got their unco...
- Known as a drop, Well known as a "CYCLONE" (With rare video of DADA`s Debut) August 25, 2011 Varun Vamsi Balabadrapatruni
Once upon a time in Australia, a water drop was under estimated, misleaded and insulted. That water drop created ripples in that place but was forced to fall in the sea of defeat which is not the final destination for that drop. That drop dissolved in ...
- Sourav Ganguly To Be A Commentator For The Upcoming Australian Tour August 24, 2011 Rudrajyoti Kar Chowdhury
In a recent interview, the Indian cricketing legend said “I’m done with cricket and I’m very happy about it. I’ve enjoyed my game and I’m enjoying my time in the commentary box.” Sourav will hence be seen in the commentary box speaking his...
- Wishing Mrs.Dona Ganguly a very Happy Birthday August 22, 2011 Paranjoy Deb
Happy Birthday Mrs.Dona Ganguly At the age of (3) three she started learning dance from Amala Shankar, wife of world famous Dancer Uday Shankar. It was the turning point of her career when she shifted to Odissi under the guidance of Guru Gir...
- Sourav Ganguly - “Dada Of Indian Cricket” August 16, 2011 Rudrajyoti Kar Chowdhury
“Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” - Lazarus Long After repeated negative comments from BISHEN SINGH BEDI, RAVI SHASHTRI, NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU and others he never lost hope. Sourav Ganguly the man who has proved tha...
- Know Him 'One Day' August 14, 2011 Varun Vamsi Balabadrapatruni
Its 1983 world cup that brought a drastic change in Indian cricket. No one expected that India will be part of finest manufacturers of cricket toys along with brilliant cricket players. One of such brilliant players is SOURAV (CHANDIDAS) GANGULY. If ...
- Sourav Ganguly back in IPL 5 as Captain-cum-Coach August 12, 2011 Rudrajyoti Kar Chowdhury
According to the sources of a local Bengali News Channel "Mohua Khobor" the “Engineer of Team India” will be seen as the coach cum captain of Pune Warriors India in IPL 5. Another heroic comeback and also with added responsibilities, The man who ch...
- Sourav Ganguly dons Coach-cum-player’s Cap August 12, 2011 Anirban Bobo Dasgupta
PWI set for resurrection as Dada dons Coach’s Cap. Just as one legendary cricketer bid adieu to IPL this year after managing the coach-player role for the last 3 years, another equally great legend is set to return to IPL-5 with the above mentioned ...
- Tale Of My Prince July 19, 2011 Varun Vamsi Balabadrapatruni
The rolling tears, busted love and inspiring pride made me a proud fan of him. The day I started admiring him, as a hero for my life and chapter of inspiration in my book, My heart then explored the new era of aggression inside me. It’s a tale of ...
- RECENT UPDATES ON THE LEGEND July 17, 2011 Rudrajyoti Kar Chowdhury
Sourav Ganguly will not be present in the annual general meeting of the cricket association of Bengal this year on the 27th of July. He was present in the last two AGM’s. This year he will be busy in England for commentary purpose at that time. Baris...
- The Letter presented to DADA by SCGanguly.Com Users July 14, 2011 Ranajoy Chakrabarty
July 12, 2011 Sourav Ganguly, Indian Cricket Legend. Dear Sir, We, team SCGanguly.com would like to congratulate you on your successful career in International cricket and in all the other successes off the field also. You have been a role ...
- Keep walking, Mr Ganguly July 8, 2011 Anirban Bobo Dasgupta
‘How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man’- Bob Dylan 38 international centuries, over 7K runs with an average of over 42 in Tests,11300+ runs with a similar average and a 100 odd wickets in ODIs, a successful captain, proba...
- Sourav Ganguly – “Down the memory lane” June 29, 2011 Paranjoy Deb
The story of Sourav Ganguly, the skipper of the Indian cricket team, is one full of the myriad shades of life itself; in fact it has all the ingredients of a well-made potboiler. He is the quintessential hero. Blessed with tremendous intelligence, h...
- Why should we celebrate THE SPIRIT OF DADA? June 27, 2011 Anirban Bobo Dasgupta
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain'...
- WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM SOURAV GANGULY ? June 24, 2011 Rudrajyoti Kar Chowdhury
THE FIRST THING WHICH COMES INTO MY MIND WHILE ANSWERING THIS QUESTION IS THERE NOT ANY SINGLE THING, BUT THERE IS LOT’S.SOURAV GANGULY HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT FOR THOSE SEVERAL YOUTHS IN THE SOCIETY WHO HAS STRUGGLED TO ...
- "I was pretty calm in my first test innings" - An Old Interview June 22, 2011 Paranjoy Deb
Tell us something about your childhood. Childhood was just like any other kids-education, playing a bit of sport at home. Any other normal kid parents want you to study. I would always used to be a sports person, playing soccer. I was brought up in a ...


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