Former India captain and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly celebrated his 49th birthday on Thursday and received a lot of wishes from the cricket fraternity and fans. From Virender Sehwag to Dinesh Karthik, the ICC and social media are flooded with love and pictures of ‘Dada’ with the hashtag Happy Birthday Dada.
Ganguly was considered India’s game-changer in international cricket during the first decade of the 21st century. Bengal Tiger has a huge fan base after him like captain MS Dhoni. Who celebrated his 40th birthday the previous day.
The International Cricket Council tweeted Ganguly’s international record and wished him a happy birthday. Kuldeep Yadav said in his tweet that Happy Birthday to one of the best people in India and thank you for everything you have done for Indian cricket. God bless you.
Dinesh Karthik wished Ganguly in Bengali and said Shubho JohnModin Dada He further said that under your captaincy and your support can never forget my debut for India. After this Virender Sehwag said that only a few people can match Dada’s passion, Dada’s intention. Dada, may you always be in good health.
Apart from this Harbhajan Singh and other prominent websites like Star Sports Wisden India and Kolkata Knight Riders wished the player.