Sourav, as we all know, is a left-handed batsman though he is a natural right hander. He converted to the southpaw stance at a young age so that he could use his left-handed brother, Snehasish Ganguly's equipments.
During the year 1989-90, Snehasis was at his peak form. Out of the 6 Ranji Trophy matches he played, he scored 439 runs with two centuries and finished with an average of 73.16. He was in the radar of the national selectors.
Sourav with his back to back brilliant performances in the U-19 tournaments was also knocking the doors of Bengal Ranji Team. The main problem it seemed was replacing someone. Since all the players were performing well it would have been unfair to replace anyone from the Bengal team with Ganguly.
He finally got his call in the Ranji final match. And fate it seemed was not without a sense of irony. The man who made way for Sourav in the team was none other than Snehasis Ganguly, his own brother. While entry in the Ranji team marked a beginning to Sourav’s career at the senior level, the dropping of Snehasis simultaneously spelled the beginning of the end to Snehasis’s career as well.
In the 1991 Duleep Trophy match against West Zone in Guahati, Sourav hit a tidy knock of unbeaten 124 runs. This innings earned him a place in the Indian Team, for the 1991-92 Australian tour, under the captaincy of Md. Azharuddin.
During the year 1989-90, Snehasis was at his peak form. Out of the 6 Ranji Trophy matches he played, he scored 439 runs with two centuries and finished with an average of 73.16. He was in the radar of the national selectors.
Sourav with his back to back brilliant performances in the U-19 tournaments was also knocking the doors of Bengal Ranji Team. The main problem it seemed was replacing someone. Since all the players were performing well it would have been unfair to replace anyone from the Bengal team with Ganguly.
He finally got his call in the Ranji final match. And fate it seemed was not without a sense of irony. The man who made way for Sourav in the team was none other than Snehasis Ganguly, his own brother. While entry in the Ranji team marked a beginning to Sourav’s career at the senior level, the dropping of Snehasis simultaneously spelled the beginning of the end to Snehasis’s career as well.
In the 1991 Duleep Trophy match against West Zone in Guahati, Sourav hit a tidy knock of unbeaten 124 runs. This innings earned him a place in the Indian Team, for the 1991-92 Australian tour, under the captaincy of Md. Azharuddin.
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