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SOURAV GANGULY

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  SOURAV CHANDIDAS GANGULY Photo Credit: Original Photographer as in Google Sourav Chandidas Ganguly , affectionately known as Dada, is an Indian cricket administrator, commentator and former national cricket team captain who is the 39th and current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Ganguly established himself not only as one of the world's leading batsmen but also as one of the most successful and intelligent captain of the Indian national cricket team. While batting, he was especially prolific through the off side, earning himself the nickname “ God of the Off Side” for his elegant stroke play square of the wicket and through the covers. Ganguly got his big-break while playing for India on their tour of England. He scored 131 runs in his very debut and cemented his place in the Indian cricket team. Ganguly's place in the team was further assured after successful performances in series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia, winning various ‘Man...

KAPIL DEV

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  KAPIL RAMALAL DEV NIKHANJ Photo Credit: Original Photographer as in Google Kapil Ramalal Dev Nikhanj is a former Indian cricketer. He was a fast bowler and a hard hitting middle order batsman. Regarded as one of the greatest all-rounder to play the game, he is also regarded as one of the greatest captains in the history of cricket. He was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002. Kapil Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He was India's national cricket coach between October 1999 and August 2000. He retired as a player in 1994, holding the world record for the greatest number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken only by Courtney Walsh in 2000. At the time, he is also India's highest wicket-taker in both major forms of cricket - Tests and ODIs. He is also the first player to take 200 ODI wickets in the history of the game of cricket. He is also the only player in the history of cricket t...