"First on the offside, there's god. Then there's Sourav " -Rahul Dravid
Written off after that infamous chappelgate scandal, where the great guru Greg's "personal, private and confidential"(or whatever you want to call that) leaked to the media, Sourav Ganguly was written off, never to make a comeback.
10 months later, Team India saw its former captain, the man who led them to its 2nd ever world cup final, return to the test team, to play an innings of character against South Africa. Inarguably, India's most successful captain ever, since the days of Kapil Dev, "Dada", as Ganguly is fondly called, has always frustrated rival captains, with an extremely brilliant sense of captaincy. Steve Waugh would never forget the way Ganguly frustrated him during the quest for "the final frontier".
Ever since that comeback against South Africa, Ganguly has led India's scoring pack, becoming India's leading run scorer since then. The stylish left hander had some problems facing Ajantha Mendis and Murali during the last tour of Sri Lanka and failed pretty badly during that tour. However, the entire team performed badly then, including Rahul"the wall"Dravid. The selectors, including Mr. Dilip Vengsarkar, were apparently looking for a reason to drop Sourav and put and end to his career.
There's a saying "Fortune favours the brave." Sourav Ganguly has been one brave cricketer, who has faced and defeated controversies and made his career a glittering one. The Kolkata Knight Riders captain was not named in the teams for the irani trophy, which was an attempt to get him out of the Indian side. No runs to show to the selectors to consider, meant that your career's virtually over. Then, this man's a fighter. He played even for some local league team in Punjab, scored runs and caught the selectors attention.
The selection committee change, helped Sourav Ganguly even more. With the "colonel" Vengsarkar now out of the selection committee and Krishnamachari Srikkanth, taking over the reigns of the selection committe, the Royal Bengal Tiger can once again roar on the international scene.
Kangaroos beware, the tiger's back.....
