Saurav Ganguly better known as ‘Dada’ by his teammates is one of the finest batsman we have in the Indian team. He is also known as ‘Bengal Tiger’ for his ever-increasing hunger for runs.

Since his debut in 1991, he has come a long way and now, announced as the captain of the Indian team for the ODI’s with South Africa. It was a century at Lord’s in 1995 that Saurav signaled his arrival to the world and the Indian cricketing fraternity. As per his own words, "when they picked me for the tests at Lords, I knew it would make or break my career. I just went there to bat with the hope of doing my best and by God’s grace, I made it." Since then this Indian tiger has never looked back. The best part of his game is that he plays his natural game. You send him at any number (1, 3, 6 or any ) and he will perform. Another reason for his good performance is that he loves his country and enjoys to score runs for it. He is good, not only with the bat but also with the ball, and he proved that in the Toronto series. But he doesn’t like being called an all-rounder and prefers to be called as a "batsman who can bowl a bit." Saurav has proved to be an effective medium pacer and hence, improved his bowling attack from the Indian side. As per him, "when I ball, I try to stick on to the basics"

Other than cricket, he loves football. Football being his first love, he played for his school football team for four years. But since there were not many opportunities in football, he shifted to cricket. This shift of game was because of his father, who made him join a cricket coaching club. His father Mr. Chandi Ganguly had also played for the state. As per Saurav, Mr. Debu Mitra (former Bengal Ranji player) taught him the finer points of the game.

Saurav is a hot property in the ‘add’ world too. He has endorsed a large variety of products, from Colas to toothpastes. He loves his city, Calcutta, especially during the Durga pooja festival. He also loves being with his wife Dona and parents when he is not playing. And know, we will tell you one of his secrets…………….

‘The first thing Saurav does after he checks into a hotel room is to place the portrait of goddess Kali and the picture of his wife Dona on his bed side table.’ For this Bengal Tiger there is nothing more relaxing than watching Dona perform a dance routine.