Aisa Lag Raha Tha Ki...: Ex-PAK Skipper's Old Video On Sourav Ganguly Supremacy Goes Viral On His Birthday

One of the greatest cricketers to emerge from India, Sourav Ganguly is celebrating his 51st birthday on July 8, 2023. The former Indian captain is not just a great cricketer, but also nothing short of an icon in his home state of West Bengal. Whenever Ganguly played at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the reception he received from his home crowd is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Even former Pakistan captain and star wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed has bore testament to his unwavering popularity in Kolkata.

Sarfaraz Ahmed recalled the Test Match between India and Pakistan in Kolkata in 2007, when Sourav Ganguly hit his first Test century on his home ground. Recounting the time, Sarfaraz said that the noise was such, that it felt like every run he took was equal to a century. The video clip has emerged on his birthday, and has gone viral.

"Kolkata me match tha. Toh jo Sourav Ganguly has wo Calcutta k hi hai, unko dada kehte hai waha pe. To unhone waha par apni Test ki pehli century ki thi. Matlab centuriya unhone ki hui thi par Calcutta me nahi ki thi unhone. Toh aisa lag raha tha ki har run par century ho rahi hain unki. Toh public ka itna craze hai waha pe (The match was being played in Kolkata and Sourav Ganguly is from the same place. They call him 'Dada' there. He hit his first Test century there. He had scored Test hundreds in the past but not one at Eden Gardens in Calcutta. The crowd celebrated each run as if he had hit a century. Such was his craze there in Kolkata)," Sarfaraz is saying in the viral video.

In the first innings of the match against Pakistan, India put up 616/5 on the board with Sourav Ganguly scoring 103, which was his first Test hundred at Eden Gardens.