Sourav Ganguly Birthday: Cricket Australia Revisits Ex-India Captain’s Blistering Knock Towards Formidable Pakistan Attack. View

Sourav Ganguly, previous India captain and latest Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, turned 48 on Wednesday and the cricket fraternity flooded social media with coronary heart-warming wishes for the previous left-handed batsman. Cricket Australia took to Twitter to shell out a special tribute to Sourav Ganguly by sharing a video clip of a person his legendary knocks that arrived in opposition to arch-rivals Pakistan. The online video was from a A person-Working day International from a triangular sequence featuring India, Pakistan and Australia. The match was played in Adelaide in 2000 the place the former India skipper smashed 141 runs versus a formidable Pakistan bowling attack.

“Delighted birthday! to @SGanguly99, who experienced a working day out in Adelaide in 2000, scoring 141 towards an assault showcasing Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar and Saqlain Mushtaq,” Cricket Australia captioned the online video on Twitter.

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Pleased birthday! to @SGanguly99, who had a working day out in Adelaide in 2000, scoring 141 versus an attack featuring Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar and Saqlain Mushtaq! pic.twitter.com/MwCkhEa8Eo

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— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) July 8, 2020

In that match, Sachin Tendulkar was captaining the side and Ganguly, who arrived to open up the innings, ended up as the main run-scorer with a knock of 141 that included 12 boundaries and a six.

Ganguly’s hundred in the match helped India set Pakistan a complicated concentrate on of 268.

In reply, Pakistan were bowled out for 219, falling 48 runs quick of the goal.

Ganguly ended the tri-country series as the top run-getter for India, scoring 356 runs at an extraordinary ordinary of over 50.

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Ganguly, through his 16-yr-extended worldwide vocation, went onto to signify the region in about 100 Checks.

The southpaw also highlighted in 311 ODIs, scoring over 11,000 runs in the 50-over format.