7th October 2008 will remain as an important date in Indian cricket history for a long time. Today one of India's finest batsmen and the best leader has announced his retirement.
the main reason i am sad is that i see it as the beginning of the end......the end of our gr8 middle order....can we get another sachin, dravid, sourav, laxman....maybe but wat r the odds to find such class batsmen together again.....but all gud things must come to end.....so hoping yuvraj,raina,rohit,badrinath,uthappa etc. may prove to be worthy successors.....
i am sad bcoz of the fact that his retirement has come under the clouds....questions are being raised tht he wud have been dropped from the series if not for his voluntary retirement pact wid selectors....i dont know if der was any such pact or not but i do know dat here is one cricketer who has changed the way we play cricket and we r not even giving him a decent farewell......before ganguly who cud have expected an Indian captain to ridicule aussie performance in India wen dey were on a high of 15 straight test wins...and have the audacity of doing impossible and leading the team to a 2-1 series win after being 1-0 down and following-on....many wud say dat it was laxman, dravid and bhajji who won the series for us but i think dey cud have not done it widout the support dey got frm ganguly.....
leave aside India which othr captain has the guts to do wat he did at lord's???but he beleived tht if flintoff cud do it at wankhede den y not at lords's???he told the world dat we may win or lose but one thing is for sure we will fight...fight to win...fight for our pride....he told the world dat no matter wat happens we r A TEAM....not a grp of individuals but a team....who have one common desire....to win and enjoy each others success.....he believed in his players....he gave dem the rope....inspired dem.....and most important gave dim dis confidence dat he will be der for dem....the way he stood for one match old sehwag in south africa was commendable...
i believe ganguly's true legacy is in his never say die attitude dat he has instilled in Indian cricket...he is one of the greatest batsmen of all time, one of the best left handers, king of off-side but foremost he is the architect of modern Indian cricket to which he gave the urge to win, the killer instinct....
The legacy of DADA will continue.......
