Dada's Dadagiri: He made life difficult for Pakistan, became Man of the Match four times in a row
Sourav Ganguly Record: Former Indian team's legendary captain and batsman Sourav Ganguly has millions of fans. Ganguly, famously known as 'Dada', led Team India to many historic victories under his captaincy. He also has such records to his name, which even legendary batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid could not make. Today we will tell you about one such record of his, which reveals his 'Dadagiri'. This is from 1997, when Team India faced its arch rival Pakistan. The name of this series was Sahara Cup, in which five matches were played. In this series, Ganguly gave a tremendous performance and won the Man of the Match award in four consecutive matches.
In this series, he performed well in all the matches except the first match. Ganguly showed excellent batting in the second match and scored 32 runs, while in bowling he played an important role in bowling out Pakistan for just 116 runs by taking two wickets. He was given the Man of the Match award for this great performance in the match. 'Dada' showed excellent bowling in the third match and took five wickets in his quota of 10 overs, bowling three maidens. For this performance, he was selected as the best player of the match.
Sahara Cup, 1997 – #INDvPAK
Match 1: Man of Match (A Jadeja)
Match 2: Man of Match (S Ganguly)
Match 3: Man of Match (S Ganguly)
Match 4: Man of Match (S Ganguly)
Match 5: Man of Match (S Ganguly)Man of the Series – @SGanguly99 (222 runs + 15 wickets)pic.twitter.com/xpiULUXDRf
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) September 21, 2022
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Ganguly shone with both bat and ball
Ganguly continued his form in the fourth match as well and made an impact with both bat and ball. First he took two wickets for 29 runs in bowling and then played a brilliant innings of 75 runs with the bat. Due to his performance, India managed to win this match by seven wickets. Team India lost the fifth match of this series, but Ganguly's performance was good in this match as well. Due to his 96 runs, Team India scored 251 runs on the scoreboard while batting first.
#OnThisDay in 1997, India beat Pakistan by 4-1 in 5 match bilateral ODI series in Toronto.
Match 1: Man of Match (Jadeja)
Match 2: Man of Match (Ganguly)
Match 3: Man of Match (Ganguly)
Match 4: Man of Match (Ganguly)
Match 5: Man of Match (Ganguly)Man of the Series (Ganguly) pic.twitter.com/rsnlE4eghD
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) September 21, 2020
Team India won the series 4-1
Pakistan had no problem in achieving this target, where the team achieved this target by losing five wickets due to the innings of 71 runs by Inzamam-ul-Haq and 60 runs by Ejaz Ahmed. Ganguly took two wickets for 33 runs in 9 overs for his team. In this way, Team India won this series 4-1. Ganguly was also selected as the best player of the series for this performance.
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