Dada ..you will always be ...

Sourav Ganguly...

Any girl-cricket-watcher who studied their 7 th or 8 th clasess at around the same time as me.. must have surely had a kutti lil crush..or at least a small little soft corner for Sourav Ganguly... The boyish looks.. the ishtyle quotient - both in looks and in play .. the left hander's elegance.. the the ocassional agressive streak... just about the right mix :) ..for what I wont say...

Ever since , I have been an avid follower of his game.. or rather the games which he played.And I realised that within, lies a character that truly inspires,astonishes and jus makes u stick on. The attitude, the agression, the intelligence - oh he really swept me off my feet then!

I have read many blogs on the Prince of Kolkata.. his astonishing off side play.. his captaincy ... the tactics he used, blogs rattling out statistics.. his win-loss record.. his averages by year.. etc.

Neither do i have that deep a knowledge about the game to understand nuances.. nor am i sharp enough to rattle out how many runs India won the nth match of the xth world cup by...

This blog is not about that.. This blog is to say "Thankyou Sourav" for making cricket that "extra special". I dont know if it would have been the same for me without you. Yesterday, as I was watching the India - Eng ODIs i felt something strange... Its something i have been doin over the last 8 odd years, looking at you on the field.. changing field placements, smiling, frowning, exalting, shirt waving,jumping, puching, yelling,scolding and what not.. and every moment.. was pure joy. I did read somewhere.. "Sourav Ganguly pulled at the heartstrings of the masses like no other cricketer had done before"and I definitely agree.Being responsible for the collective mood of a nation,over such a long duration - fabulous job done.

You have given us enough moments of happiness for us to keep reminiscing until the next Sourav arrives :) But whoever may come and go.. "Dada" u will always be.. :)
"Thank you"!!!!