New Delhi: Former Team India captain and currently BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly is celebrating his 50th birthday today. On this day in 1972, Saurav was born in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. Sourav had a passion for cricket since his childhood, he heaved his strength from U-19 cricket to the senior team. Under his captaincy, the Indian team reached the final of the 2003 ODI World Cup. Ganguly also had a dispute with coach Greg Chappell and due to this, he was also dropped from the team.

In the world of cricket, Sourav Ganguly's fans fondly call him 'Dada.' Under Ganguly's captaincy, Team India has won many historic matches. India won the ODI tournament in Australia. And did NatWest Trophy to its name in England. Not only this, but Team India was also able to dust Off Pakistan in the Test series in the year 2005. On Ganguly's 50th birthday, let us tell you about his 3 big decisions, which shocked the entire cricketing world:-

Taking out a shirt at Lord's to celebrate:-

Who can forget the final match of the NatWest series played at the historic cricket ground Lord's? In this match, as soon as Team India won by 2 wickets, Ganguly took off his jersey and celebrated the victory by waving in the air. The cricketing world remembers this celebratory style of Ganguly to date. Ganguly had said that he did not want to do it, but the way the English team's all-rounder Andrew Flintoff celebrated the Indian tour by taking off the jersey, he just wanted to answer him.

Waiting for the Australian captain to toss:-

In the year 2001, when the Australian team toured India. In a match here, Ganguly had made the then Australian captain Steve Waugh wait for the toss. In fact, Waugh had come to the field for the toss long ago, while Ganguly reached the field after some time. Ganguly himself later revealed on the issue that he had deliberately made the mistake of coming late on the field. He wanted to teach the Australian team a lesson. Ganguly had said that the then Australian coach John Buchanan had spoken rudely to Team India fast bowler Javagal Srinath. He did this to avenge that.

Asked the Pakistani player to take care of the time:-

Pakistan visited India in 2005. During this time, in one of the matches, Team Pak's experienced batsman Mohammad Yusuf injured his elbow. There was a lot of bleeding from Joseph's elbow. In such a situation, the game stopped for a while. As the game was stalled, Ganguly spoke to Yusuf and said, "I am not saying that you are doing it deliberately. If you have to rest, do it, but I don't have to pay the fine. Please note down your time.''

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