Former India captain Sourav Ganguly plays cricket on the streets of Kolkata
Sourav Ganguly playing street cricket in Kolkata on Sunday morning
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Former India captain and ODI opener Sourav Ganguly is ready to take guard. Ganguly, known as Dada, is considered to be one of the finest offside players. Firstpost/Siddharth Sarkar
Ganguly earned many epithets throughout his career. 'The Bengal Tiger', 'Prince of Kolkata', Dada and 'God of Offside' are well known. Ganguly has said on many occasions that Football is his first love. He also co-owns a team named 'Atletico de Kolkata', a franchise of Indian Super League. Firstpost/Siddharth Sarkar
The famous Ganguly batting stance. Sourav Ganguly played 113 Tests and 311 ODIs for India. He scored 16 and 22 hundreds in Test and ODIs respectively. He was considered one of the finest captains and lead India to victory in the home Test series against Australia. Firstpost/Siddharth Sarkar
Ganguly was known for his footwork against spinners. Once while batting against Zimbabwe, he hit three sixes, all of which landed on the roof of Sharjah ground. Firstpost/Siddharth Sarkar
Sourav Ganguly had a successful captain- coach partnership with John Wright. However, Ganguly had an infamous tiff with former India coach Greg Chappel. Firstpost/Siddharth Sarkar
Here, Ganguly is seen executing one of his favorite shots in the picture. Along with Sachin Tendulkar, he formed one of the most prolific and destructive opening pairs in ODI cricket. Firstpost/Siddharth Sarkar