Former captain of the Indian cricket team and current president of the BCCI Sourav Ganguly Will celebrate his 50th birthday on July 8, 2022. The party had already begun in England a day before his birthday. Sourav Ganguly is present in England these days and is keeping a close eye on the India-England series. Meanwhile, he was seen celebrating his birthday with his BCCI teammates and fellow cricketer and friend Sachin Tendulkar.
Former IPL president Rajiv Shukla shared a picture of the party on Twitter. The party was attended by Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and Rajiv Shukla, as well as several members, including BCCI secretary Jai Shah and treasurer Arun Dhumal. “Celebrating Sourav Ganguly’s 50th birthday,” Shukla wrote in his post. Wishing them a healthy and happy life. Sourav Ganguly has been the BCCI chairman since October 2019.
Celebrated the 50th birthday of Sourav Ganguli.wishing him happy & healthy life ahead. @Ganguly99 @sachin_rt @JayShah @BCCI pic.twitter.com/KBXbBajp3s
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) July 7, 2022
An inseparable pair of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar have played several cricket matches together. The duo was also very successful in the opening. The duo have scored 21 centuries and 23 half-centuries in 136 innings for India. The pair together scored 6,609 runs in the opening with an average of over 49. Not only that, the duo of Sachin and Ganguly holds the world record for the most number of partnership of more than 150 runs in ODI cricket.
A look at Sourav Ganguly’s career
Sourav Ganguly served in Indian cricket from 1992 to 2008. He is currently the President of the Cricket Control Board of India. He has scored 18,585 international runs for India. He has 7,212 runs in 113 Tests and 11,363 runs in 311 ODIs. He also performed well in the IPL. In the early season of IPL, he was seen playing for KKR and later for Pune Warriors. He has scored 1,349 runs in 59 IPL matches. Apart from batting, he often beat the opposition with his bowling. He also has 32 Test matches, 100 ODIs and 10 IPL wickets to his name.
