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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...

STEFFI GRAF

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 STEFFI GRAF Photo Credit: Original Photographer as in Google Stefanie Maria Graf, nicknamed Steffi Graf, is a former German professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, which ranks second since the introduction of the Open Era in 1968 and third all-time behind Margaret Court and Serena Williams. In 1988, she became the only tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. Furthermore, she is the only tennis player in history to have won each Grand Slam tournament at least four times. Notable features of Graf's game were her versatility across all playing surfaces, footwork and powerful forehand drive. Graf's athletic ability and aggressive game played from the baseline have been credited with developing the modern style of play that has come to dominate today's game. She won six French Open singles titles, se...

NADIA COMĂNECI

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  NADIA COMĂNECI Image Credit: Original Photographer as in Google Nadia Elena Comăneci is a Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medallist, all in individual events. In 1976 at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games, thus creating history. Not only that, in that very occasion, 1976 Summer Olympics, she received six more perfect 10s for events en route to winning three gold medals. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Comăneci won two more gold medals and attained two more perfect 10s. During her career, Comăneci won nine Olympic medals and four World Artistic Gymnastics Championship medals. Considered as one of the finest female gymnasts the world has ever produced, Comăneci is credited for not only achieving perfect 10 in any event but also for popularizing Gymnastics uniquely around the globe. In 2000, she was named as one of the Athletes of the 20th Century by the Laureus World Sports Academ...