The Bengal Tiger Sourav Ganguly turns 39

Friday, July 8th, 2011 at 12:44 pm , filed under News by Mickey Danior

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The former Indian captain, Sourav Ganguly will be celebrating his 39th birthday on Friday and is busy out field with lots of responsibilities on his shoulders.

One of the Indian’s best finest captains on the field, Ganguly has received a birthday gift of nominating him as a vice-chairman for the State Sports Council on Wednesday by the West Bengal government.

Along with Ganguly, the other committee members in the State Sports Council of West Bengal are Former footballers Gouranga Banerjee, Compton Dutta, paddler Poulami Ghatak and chess grandmaster Dibyendu Barua.
The brave Indian skipper is considered to be one of the finest openers in India has ever produced. The former Indian captain was the first one to lead most of the victories in overseas especially in Australia, Pakistan and England.

He had also leaded young Indian players in the 2003 South Africa world cup, where India were beaten in finals against Australia.

Sourav Ganguly well known as Prince of Kolkata and Dada has retired from all forms of the cricket in 2008 after the Test series against Australia at the home.

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