It is incredible how much life teaches you as you grow throughout your future. When you look at Sourav Ganguly's career you cannot help recognizing the greatness of this man. No, he is not just the comeback king, but after his recent successes, he has gone much beyond mere runs, wickets and team-selections.
I was watching a 7-month old edition of Harsha Unplugged, and much as I am a huge supporter of this man from Behala, it was an immense pleasure to listen to such a juicy conversation. Ganguly chose only a few words, but conveyed a whole lot more than just answer the questions put by Bhogle. I was awestruck at how he looked at life-his dropping from the squad, the mockery by people and media, from such a beautiful perspective."I wouldn't have mind had they just dropped me from the side, but lets be honest-Sports is beyond all of this", he said smilingly, referring to the politics, lying and conning during that hungama. You wonder why the whole world was so cruel and unforgiving to him. His conversation reflected also the trauma that he had faced then, how he had emerged from it and how he came to smiling like ever before.
As a skipper, he was passionate. He used to look at his team as his family-encourage, motivate and support his team mates like a father, and have undying faith in them too. "You must look after them", he says, as if it were obvious. His successor was different-very methodical and mechanical. But that meant, then, that we missed the enthusiasm of the team instilled by this man, and the joy of watching the emotional highs and lows was also extinct. He confesses,"My supporters in Calcutta then used to say-'you have to make a comeback, but even if you don't, you'll still be our hero'. That was special." Firm believer in faith and destiny, he has no regrets with his past. One cannot help comparing him with the late Hansie Cronje.
Could you have imagined a person like Yuvraj Singh, or infact, anyone, who could make the conversation so pleasing to the ear? It is evident that this man is not just a successful cricketer, but one of the greatest, and funnily, not just because of his performances, but for having survived and emerged from the fatal roller-coaster ride of his career so refreshed and matured(not that anybody had a doubt about his maturity level before). Again, success or failure does not define a person, it is the way one accepts it which does. Hats off to the Maharaj.
I was watching a 7-month old edition of Harsha Unplugged, and much as I am a huge supporter of this man from Behala, it was an immense pleasure to listen to such a juicy conversation. Ganguly chose only a few words, but conveyed a whole lot more than just answer the questions put by Bhogle. I was awestruck at how he looked at life-his dropping from the squad, the mockery by people and media, from such a beautiful perspective."I wouldn't have mind had they just dropped me from the side, but lets be honest-Sports is beyond all of this", he said smilingly, referring to the politics, lying and conning during that hungama. You wonder why the whole world was so cruel and unforgiving to him. His conversation reflected also the trauma that he had faced then, how he had emerged from it and how he came to smiling like ever before.As a skipper, he was passionate. He used to look at his team as his family-encourage, motivate and support his team mates like a father, and have undying faith in them too. "You must look after them", he says, as if it were obvious. His successor was different-very methodical and mechanical. But that meant, then, that we missed the enthusiasm of the team instilled by this man, and the joy of watching the emotional highs and lows was also extinct. He confesses,"My supporters in Calcutta then used to say-'you have to make a comeback, but even if you don't, you'll still be our hero'. That was special." Firm believer in faith and destiny, he has no regrets with his past. One cannot help comparing him with the late Hansie Cronje.
Could you have imagined a person like Yuvraj Singh, or infact, anyone, who could make the conversation so pleasing to the ear? It is evident that this man is not just a successful cricketer, but one of the greatest, and funnily, not just because of his performances, but for having survived and emerged from the fatal roller-coaster ride of his career so refreshed and matured(not that anybody had a doubt about his maturity level before). Again, success or failure does not define a person, it is the way one accepts it which does. Hats off to the Maharaj.
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