DADA'S COMEBACK......

Maharaj Sourav Ganguly’s double ton at the third Test match against Pakistan in Bangalore on Sunday thrilled Kolkata, a city that has stood steadfast in its belief that the former captain would make an emphatic comeback in Test cricket, though age might have slowed him down in the faster version of the game.

Overjoyed fans came out on the streets, waving posters of their ‘dada’, chanting his name. After all, Ganguly’s score of 239 is his highest in Test cricket.

But what better way to celebrate any achievement if not through food. On Sunday, Ganguly’s restaurant Sourav’s The Food Pavilion, served free gulabjamun, the cricketer’s favourite sweet. There were also special discounts on every bill, the eatery’s senior floor manager Arun Kumar Daga said. The restaurant was choc-a-bloc today and the management would have decorated it if Ganguly had hit the double hundred a little faster.

The gossip on every table was about Ganguly’s two splendid partnerships in India’s first innings, one with Yuvraj Singh on Saturday where the duo put up 300 for the fifth wicket; and the other partnership on Sunday with Irfan Pathan in which the two scored 182.

However, the big celebration is yet to come. This is Ganguly’s 99th Test match. His hundredth will be later this month in Australia. Kolkata is ready to honour Ganguly’s century of Tests. Cricket Association of Bengal Joint Secretary Samar Paul said Ganguly had asked them not to arrange for any felicitation yet.

Paul said, “He wants to concentrate on his 100th Test match in Australia. Once he returns, we shall arrange something huge. We shall invite celebrities from all walks of life to this event.”



SOURCE: express india